On Monday, March 22 at 11:00 a.m. EST, the new STONE TEMPLE PILOTS single, "Between The Lines", will be made available on the band's official Twitter page. The group states, "You've likely already heard the 20-second clip floating around the Internet, but it's nothing compared to the real thing!"
The cover artwork for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS' first new album in nine years, due on May 25 via Atlantic Records, can be viewed below. The self-titled effort features the following track listing:
01. Between The Lines 02. Take A Load Off 03. Huckleberry Crumble 04. Hickory Dichotomy 05. Dare If You Dare 06. Cinnamon 07. Hazy Daze 08. Bagman 09. Peacoat 10. Fast As I Can 11. First Kiss On Mars 12. Maver
An 18-second audio sample of "Between The Lines" is available for streaming on the STP fan site Below Empty.
According to The Pulse of Radio, STONE TEMPLE PILOTS unveiled the new CD at a private listening party on February 23 in New York City. The entire band was in attendance at the event, with The Pulse of Radio's reporter on the scene saying that singer Scott Weiland "looked the best he's looked in a long time." All 12 tracks from the album were aired, with The Pulse of Radio reporter calling the record "a natural, melodic progression for STONE TEMPLE PILOTS, with BEATLES-esque harmonies, a lot of in-your-face, hard-rocking tracks, plenty of guitar solos and some astounding singing from Weiland."
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS reunited in 2008 after a six-year layoff. The band's last album, "Shangri-La-Dee-Da", came out in 2001.
The PILOTS will also tour throughout the spring and summer, with Weiland hinting in a recent interview that the band might mount its own festival.
The disc will be issued through Atlantic Records, although Weiland told The Pulse of Radio at the time of the band's 2008 reunion tour that he was interested in exploring other options outside the traditional music industry. "When we first talked about putting STP back together, it was do this tour and then see about doing a creative deal with another company, like an all-in deal," he said. "And, you know, if you look at even like RADIOHEAD and a handful of other bands, they make more money doing things in an unconventional fashion as opposed to doing it, you know, with the major labels."
Bassist Robert DeLeo said about the new disc, "Fans are going get a great STP record . . . a really cohesive record with songs that are going to be lasting."
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STP is pretty cool
The audio player works on IE or Safari. It's pretty good. It's got a nice STP feel. <_>
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