Crystal Fighters - Love X3 (Radio Date: 20-09-2023)

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS
ANNUNCIANO IL NUOVO ALBUM
LIGHT +
Il nuovo singolo è
"Love x3"
Crystal Fighters, the Basque inspired, world influenced, alternative band have today announced details of the release of their 5^th album, LIGHT + as well as a comprehensive European Tour for February 2024. Released via [PIAS] on Friday 3^rd November 2023, the band have also today shared ‘Love x3’, the latest track to be lifted from the album.

Talking about ‘Love x3’, Sebastian from band

It’s asking for us to experience love as a collective. It’s what can sustain us, and heal us as a society,” he says. “We’re all in need of real connection. And we need music that speaks to us as individuals, as people who are fallible, and need help. Sometimes life can be a very tough place to be. Music can really help people open up.

The album, LIGHT+, sees the band's return to the sound that their global fanbase knows and loves - packed full of songs that look set to become firm festival classics in the years to come. melding traditional Basque instruments along with searing electronics and soaring hooks, LIGHT+ is a celebration of life and the light in each one of us that shines bright in the darkness.

The track listing of the album, which is available on glow in the dark vinyl, CD & DL, is as follows:

1.   We Got Hope
2.   Carolina
3.   Manifest
4.   Multiverse
5.   Love x3
6.   End The Suffering
7.   Tranquilo
8.   Hold Me
9.   Search
10. Let Me Go

Additionally, the video for ‘Manifest’, the previous track taken from the album, has also recently been shared by the band and can be seen HERE

Currently made up of Sebastian Pringle (lead vocals, guitar), Gilbert Vierich (electronics, guitars, percussion) and Graham Dickson (guitar, txalaparta), the band released their debut album, Star Of Love in 2010. Releasing further albums Cave Rave (2013), Everything Is My Family (2016) & Gaia & Friends (2019), the band’s musical fusion and unique style has drawn support from the likes of BBC Radio 1 and 6Music while their contagiously joyous live shows have seen them play festivals, arenas and the odd cave across the globe.

As such they have built up an awe inspiring live following – their last U.K. saw in 2019 saw them headline a sold out Brixton Academy show, as well as filling the WiZink Centre in Madrid and St Jordi in Barcelona - and the band have announced a headline run tour of the UK and EU in early 2024, their first headline club shows since 2019. They bring their spectacular live show, with a full cast of musicians and stunning production, to the following venues. The tour promises to be a celebration of pure unbridled joy:

06.02.24 – LAV : Lisboa ao Vivo – LISBON
07.02.24 – Hard Club – PORTO
09.02.24 – Escario Santander – SANTANDER
10.02.24 – Sala Anden 56 – BURGOS, ES
12.02.24 – Sala Custom - SEVILLE
14.02.24 – Kursaal Auditorioa – SAN SEBASTIAN
15.02.24 – Wiznik Center – MADRID
16.02.24 – Razzmatazz 1 – BARCELONA
18.02.24 – Ancienne Belgique – BRUSSELS
19.02.24 – Paradiso – AMSTERDAM
20.02.24 – Kantine – COLOGNE
22.02.24 – Columbia Theater – BERLIN
23.02.24 – Progresja – WARSAW
24.02.24 – Palac Akropolis – PRAGUE
26.02.24 – Arena Wien – VIENNA
28.02.24 – La Trabendo – PARIS
06.03.24 – New Century Hall – MANCHESTER
08.03.24 – HERE at Outernet – LONDON

Fans can access tickets before general sale by pre-ordering a signed copy of LIGHT+ or signing up HERE. Presale starts 26th September at 10am BST . General Sale begins at 10am BST 29th September.

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Cast to various corners of the globe with the onset of the pandemic – singer Seb to the Caribbean coast of Colombia, co-writer Gilbert Vierich remained in the UK, while band mate Graham Dickson saw through these world-changing events from his new home in the United States - the band nonetheless managed to remain connected by phone calls, Zoom meetings, and WhatsApp groups. The world may have slowed down, but - if anything - their creativity increased. “We were writing purely for us,” the singer points out.

When they finally were able to return to their base in the UK in the summer of 2021, Crystal Fighters were primed and ready to go. It was as if a fire had been lit inside them, resulting in song after song. Around 60 tracks were demoed – more than some bands write in their entire career – before the group entered the studio. The idea was simple: to give fans a fresh definition of Crystal Fighters by returning to their core values. As a result, LIGHT+ is packed with ideas – from rave workouts to tropical pop, from hints of cumbia to delicious pop melodies. “We wanted to get to the roots of who we are, and how we felt when we were first coming up,” the singer points out. “When we only wanted to make music for ourselves, and to make people dance at our shows.”

Old friends Charlie Hugall and Luke Smith returned to produce the new record, with additional help in the electronic arena from Ghost Culture – whose collaborative record with Falle Nioke became a mutual soundtrack for the group’s lockdown activities. A band unleashed, LIGHT+ feels unforced, natural, and completely true to their back catalogue.

Right now, Crystal Fighters are living their lives in a ‘tranquilo’ fashion (a carefree expression common across the Spanish-speaking world – put simply, it means ‘all good’). Each moment counts, and they take life for what it is. “It taught us the value of collaboration,” he says. “The time we spent apart mellowed us all out, in a certain way. We’re happier than ever, and we want to use our platform to deliver our message to the greatest number of people that we can. As the album says, more light. More positivity, more clarity. We all need more hope in our lives.”