Garbage Finds Light In The Darkness With New Album ‘Let All That We Imagine Be The Light’

Garbage returns with their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, on May 30. The 10-track LP marks the quartet’s first new record since 2021’s No Gods No Masters.

Garbage — Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig — produced the album with longtime engineer Billy Bush. Let All That We Imagine Be The Light was recorded during sessions held at Los Angeles’ Red Razor Sounds, Vig’s Grunge In Dead facility and Manson’s bedroom.

The new album emerged from Garbage’s need to discover a hopeful narrative within the turbulence and unprecedented disruption enveloping the world. Shirley Manson shared more about Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, stating:

“Our last album was extremely forthright. Born out of frustration and outrage – it had a kind of scorched earth, pissed off quality to it. With this new record however, I felt a compulsion to reach for a different kind of energy. A more constructive one. I had this vision of us coming up out of the underground with searchlights as we moved towards the future. Searching for life, searching for love, searching for all the good things in the world that seem so thin on the ground right now. That was the over-riding idea during the making of this record for me – that when things feel dark, its best to try to seek out that which is light, that which feels loving and good. When I was young, I tended towards the destruction of things. Now that I’m older I believe it’s vitally important to build and to create things instead. I still entertain very old romantic ideals about community, society and the world. I don’t want to walk through the world creating havoc, damaging the land and people. I want to do good. I want to do no harm.

“Going into making this record, I was determined to find a more hopeful, uplifting world to immerse myself in. The title of the album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light is the perfect descriptor for this new record as a whole. When things feel dark it feels imperative to seek out forces that are light, positive and beautiful in the world. It almost feels like a matter of life and death. A strategy for survival”.

Garbage are celebrating their 30th year as a band in 2025. New music from the forthcoming LP will be released in the weeks to come.

The quartet will tour South America in March. Upcoming U.S. dates include appearances at the Cruel World and Minnesota Yacht Club festivals. Find a full list of Garbage tour dates below.

Let All That We Imagine Be The Light Tracklist

1. There’s No Future In Optimism
2. Chinese Fire Horse
3. Hold
4. Have We Met (The Void)
5. Sisyphus
6. Radical
7. Love To Give
8. Get Out My Face AKA Bad Kitty
9. R U Happy Now
10. The Day That I Met God