Nearly three years on from the release of their GRAMMY® Award winning and fifth consecutive UK
Number 1 album We Are The Night, Further sees Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons explore the boundless
possibilities of their sound. Taking a trip through four decades of electronic noise, Tom & Ed have taken
the template set up with their occasional “Electronic Battle Weapon” releases and allowed them to mutate
gloriously into an entire album. Voice samples and snatches of vocals are woven through tracks to create a
record that ebbs and flows like one of the band’s legendary live sets. Here, West Coast power pop harmonies
sit beside German Motorik rhythms while My Bloody Valentine-esque sonic manipulations plane across the
top of early house basslines. Further is the culmination of nearly two decades of psychedelic exploration, an
immersive collection that finds The Chemical Brothers at their least-restrained and most-melodic best.
As well as an eight-track album, Further is the band’s first proper partnership with long-time visuals
collaborators Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall. Now a respected TV and film director, Adam – aka Flat Nose
George -has been responsible for creating the visual backdrop for every Chemical Brothers gig since their
live debut in 1994. Visuals for Further have been created to correspond with each track on the album and
have been planned during the recording of the record.
The band played four sold out shows at London's Roundhouse in May. These were the first opportunities for
fans to see the band play the album with Smith and Lyall’s new films in sequence and in their entirety. The
band will also play select festivals in Europe including Sonar Festival in Barcelona before coming to the US
for summer dates including gigs at the Hollywood Bowl on August 29 and Electric Zoo at Randall's Island in
New York City on September 4.
