U2 have returned with a brand new EP, Easter Lily. It follows final month’s Days of Ash, which was additionally surprise-released. Test it out under.
U2 – Easter Lily spans six songs, together with a brand new collaboration with Brian Eno. In distinction to the overtly political tone of Days of Ash, most of which was devoted to activists, the brand new EP seems to be extra private. Opener ‘Tune for Hal’ pays tribute to the band’s late pal and producer Hal Willner, who would’ve turned 70 on Easter Monday.
The descriptions of the opposite songs in a press launch are fairly obscure: “‘In a Life’ is a track celebrating friendship. ‘Scars’, is a track of encouragement and acceptance; scars and all, with a twist. ‘Resurrection Tune’ is about pilgrimage, a street journey into the unknown with a lover or pal. ‘Easter Parade’ is a devotional track, a celebration of recent life, rebirth and resurrection.” Solely ‘COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Instances?)’, which options the soundscape by Brian Eno, is billed as “a lullaby for folks of youngsters caught up in conflict.”
In a press release, Bono mentioned:
We’re within the studio, nonetheless working in direction of a loud, messy, ‘unreasonably vibrant’ album to play LIVE… which is the place U2 lives. We nonetheless look to vivid rock n roll as an act of resistance towards all this awfulness on our small screens. These are for certain ‘wilderness years’ for therefore many people trying on the mayhem on the market on the planet.
It’s a time that has our band digging deeper into our lives to discover a wellspring of songs to strive meet the second… With Easter Lily we ended up asking very private questions like: Are our personal relationships as much as these difficult instances? How exhausting do you struggle for friendship? Can our religion survive the mangling of that means that these algorithms like to reward? Is all faith garbage and nonetheless ripping us aside…? Or are there solutions to seek out in its crevices? Are there ceremonies, rituals, dances that we could be lacking in our lives? From the ceremony of Spring to Easter and its promise of rebirth and renewal… Patti Smith’s album Easter gave me a lot hope when it was launched in 1978. I wasn’t but 18. The title is a nod to her.
We are going to try hoopla and fanfare at a later date to remind the remainder of the world we exist however within the meantime… that is between you and us.
Like its predecessor, Easter Lily is accompanied by one other digital version of U2’s Propaganda zine. It consists of sleeve notes from the Edge, a dialog between Bono and Franciscan friar Richard Rohr, an essay from Clayton on artwork and the journey of restoration, and extra.
