Metal Anarchy

Fu Manchu will be releasing a new album, titled “The Return Of Tomorrow,” on June 14. Pre-orders can be found HERE.

“The Return Of Tomorrow” Track Listing:

01. “Dehumanize”
02. “Loch Ness Wrecking Machine”
03. “Hands Of The Zodiac”
04. “Haze The Hides”
05. “Roads Of The Lowly”
06. (Time Is) Pulling You Under”
07. “Destroyin’ Light”
08. “Lifetime Waiting”
09. “Solar Baptized”
10. “What I Need”
11. “The Return Of Tomorrow”
12. “Liquify”
13. “High Tide”

Scott Hill said the following about the album:

“When I listen to music, it’s either all heavy stuff with no mellow stuff mixed in or just softer stuff with no heavy stuff. I know a lot of bands like to mix it up and we have done that before, but I always tend to listen to all of one type of thing or the other. So, I figured we should do a double record with 7 heavy fuzzy songs on one record and the other record 6 mellow(er) songs fully realizing that maybe I’m the only person that likes to listen to stuff that way.

We kept both the records to around 25-30 minutes each as to make it a full length release, but not have each record be too long. We don’t write a lot of mellow(er) stuff in Fu Manchu, but a lot of the riffs worked minus the fuzz. If you’re a vinyl person, both records are pressed at 45rpm to give it the best sound quality. If you’re a digital person, can make your own playlist and mix both the records together.”

The effort’s first single, “Hands Of The Zodiac,” can be found below. Hill added the following about that:

“‘Hands Of The Zodiac‘ is about an astrologer friend of mine who would always ask if we wanted to know anything about our future whenever we would hangout. He would look to the stars at night and ramble off all these weird predictions, none of which ever came true. He would say ‘zodiac hands’ and face the palm of his hand at you.

I would always try to remember the things he said and almost every line in the song is something he said. For example, ‘Wheels / Motion / So Impressed,’ is based on how he talked about my writing songs / practicing / touring with the band ( ‘you got those wheels in motion)’ and Fu Manchu’s accomplishments (‘so impressed.’) I guess I should have given him a writing credit.”