The Prodigy announce details of 'violent' new album, The Day Is My Enemy

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The Prodigy have announced details of their new album, The Day Is My Enemy. Described by Liam Howlett as “an attack”, their first album since 2009’s Invaders Must Die is due for release on 30 March via the band’s own label Take Me to the Hospital.

The Braintree group, whose sound is known for its fast and furious blend of debauched electronics, drum‘n’bass and punk, said that their new material is still imbued with a sense of aggression.

“I can’t tell you why this record came out so angry, I think it’s just in-built in me, ” Howlett says.

“It’s more about what I like music to do. I’ve always seen music I like as a form of attack. That’s what I use music for, it’s an attack. I didn’t plan this album to sound violent, it’s just the sound that came out of the studio, a kind of build-up over the last four years. ‘Anger is an energy’, that’s a lyric which always resonated with me. The tension is buried deep in the music right from the first drop. It’s all about the sound having that sense of danger. That’s what The Prodigy sound is about.”

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Along with details of the album’s release came a statement describing the band’s apocalyptic setting for their sixth LP, describing “drones and chaos” and “a subverted militaristic snare, a distorted break, a glitched dub attack, a Middle Eastern refrain, a cacophony of in-car dissonance, a symphony of random noise soundtracking life at the edge of the night.”

This urban landscape provides the setting for Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim’s new single Nasty - a typically gnarly blast of sound:

The Day Is My Enemy is also said to be “the most British sounding album you’ll hear this year” – so it’s no surprise that they’ve enlisted the powers of equally antagonistic Sleaford Mods for their new album. Posting a split image of both groups on Instagram last year, its caption mentions what is most likely a collaborative track, rather than an album, called Ibiza: “Its fukin deadly ! #theprodigy , #sleafordmods , #youaintreadyforthisshit”

The Prodigy also announced a UK tour for May, with tickets on sale from 14 January. Tour dates

4 May – Newcastle 02 Academy5 May – Bridlington Spa7 May – Birmingham 02 Academy8 May – Cardiff Arena9 May – Blackpool Empress Ballroom11 May – Reading Rivermead12 May – Brighton Centre14 May – Bournemouth BIC15 May – London Alexandra Palace (3am curfew)16 May – London Alexandra Palace