ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN release their first album of new music in twelve years on 18 September 2026. Apples For Isaac is the band’s 13th album and follows Meteorites in 2014 and the compilation The Stars, The Oceans & The Moon album in 2018. Apples For Isaac will be available on black vinyl, limited splatter vinyl (specialist shops exclusive), limited picture disc (D2C exclusive) and CD and digital formats.
Pre-order here:
https://bunnymen.lnk.to/ApplesForIsaacPR
The video for the incredible first single from the album, Brussels Is Haunted, is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCDFLUBYxVg
An untouchable voice singing lyrics that could well be poetry from the stars – set against a musical backdrop capable of levitating listeners without warning – Apples For Isaac is a monumental return from Echo & The Bunnymen. After years spent performing their immense catalogue of classics to audiences around the world, the Bunnymen have recorded an album that is bold and confident and at times even offers the listener a loving embrace. Across the eleven songs, Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant and the band have created an utterly addictive collection that perfectly captures the very essence of what makes the Bunnymen so great.
Apples For Isaac features peerless drummer Clem Burke playing on ten of the eleven tracks and the Bunnymen have noted his contribution to the album:
“The mighty, legendary Clem Burke – longtime friend of Mac – was integral to the making of the album, and heartbreakingly passed away during its completion. We love you, Clem x”
The first single from the album, Brussels Is Haunted, is a sublime three and a half minutes of music that swoops and soars over Belgium’s capital city and spies on the characters who have passed through it like ghosts, bringing the place to life in vivid detail.
Apples For Isaac was produced by Ian McCulloch and mixed by Ian McCulloch, Alan Moulder and Andrea Wright. Brussels Is Haunted was mixed by Mike Cave.
APPLES FOR ISAAC TRACKLIST
- Take Me By The Hand
- Can’t Be Sold
- Brussels Is Haunted
- I’ll Be Your Sunshine
- Hijacked
- The Honey
- Unstoppable Force
- The Light That Surrounds You
- Lab Rats Ran
- Asimov
- We Prayed In The Dark
Echo & The Bunnymen have recently played a massive series of gigs across the UK and North America. They continue with the following shows:
SEPTEMBER
Tue 22 – LONDON – Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Wed 23 – LONDON – Regents Park Open Air Theatre
DECEMBER
Sun 20 – GLASGOW – Barrowland Ballroom
Tue 22 – GLASGOW – Barrowland Ballroom
Tickets here:
https://www.bunnymen.com/tour/
Formed in Liverpool in 1978, Echo & The Bunnymen cast an astonishing brightness into the long shadows of punk rock. From the very beginning, they brought matchless musicality, along with Ian McCulloch’s unmistakable and inimitable wit and soul, to a body of songs that generations since have learned and sung. Over the years, their poignant and stirring records have been labelled everything from new wave and post-punk to psychedelia and goth. In truth, they are simply the glorious work of one of the greatest rock n roll bands ever.
Echo & The Bunnymen are:
Ian McCulloch, Will Sergeant, Ste Brannan, Simon Finley, Mike Smith and Peter Riley.
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