Music Dome: LISTEN: BLONDIE'S NEW SONG + BLONDIE TO RELEASE 40TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE-DISC PACKAGE

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

LISTEN: BLONDIE'S NEW SONG + BLONDIE TO RELEASE 40TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE-DISC PACKAGE

In celebration of their 40th Anniversary as a band, Blondie will release a special double-disc package entitled Blondie 4(0) Ever on May 13, 2014 via NOBLE ID / ESMG.

It will include an incredible collection of new songs entitled Ghosts of Download, and an album entitled Deluxe Redux: Greatest Hits, featuring brand new studio recordings of the band’s biggest songs. The iconic Andy Warhol “Debbie Harry” portrait is the cover art for the greatest hits album.

Ghosts of Download, which follows 2011′s critically acclaimed LP Panic of Girls, promises to offer some of the most infectious and memorable songs of Blondie’s catalogue. According to the press release, the album, which features production work from Jeff Saltzman, is an exhilarating mix of dance-floor-ready sounds, with more than a little pop radio flavor stirred into it and a few surprises along the way.

“A Rose By Any Name,” is a cool electronic pulse of a duet for Harry and Beth Ditto of the Gossip. “Drag You Around” and “Backroom,” a sly tale of after-hours vampire group-groping, boast reggae grooves, while a cover of Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s infamous eighties anthem, “Relax,” is turned into a slow, echo-chambered secular prayer before morphing into a more familiar thumping acid-house beat.

Other album guests include downtown New York City club fixture Miss Guy (on “Rave”), Columbian Cumbia/hip hop/R&B group Systema Solar (“Sugar on the Side”) and Oakland–based Panamanian rappers Los Rakas (“I Screwed up”).

Fans who pre-order the digital album via iTunes will receive three additional Ghosts of Download bonus tracks with the album. The iTunes pre-order also exclusively comes with an instant free download of the new song “I Want To Drag You Around.” The single “Sugar on the Side” is available right now on iTunes.