New Order’s repeatedly delayed Lost Sirens mini-album — a collection of eight previously unreleased tracks and mixes from the sessions for 2005’s Waiting For the Sirens’ Call — finally will see the light of day next month following a legal battle over the material between the band and erstwhile bassist Peter Hook.
New Order announced via its Facebook page today that the set will be released Jan. 22 as a CD/vinyl bundle via Rhino Records UK. Plans to put out Lost Sirens first were revealed by Hook last year in an interview with Slicing Up Eyeballs, but the collection’s initial release date in December 2011 was delayed by a legal dispute between the bassist and his former bandmates.
The collection features six songs that are completely unreleased in any form, as well as a previously unreleased mix of Waiting For the Sirens’ Call track “I Told You So” and the “original non-radio edit form” of “Hellbent,” a track that first surfaced last year on Rhino’s new Total compilation of New Order and Joy Division tracks.
Lost Sirens currently is available for pre-order through Amazon.com.
Tracklist: New Order, Lost Sirens
VINYL
Side A:
1. “I’ll Stay With You”
2. “Sugarcane”
3. “Recoil”
4. “Californian Grass”
Side B:
1. “Hellbent”
2. “Shake It Up”
3. “I’ve Got A Feeling”
4. “I Told You So”
CD
1. “I’ll Stay With You”
2. “Sugarcane”
3. “Recoil”
4. “Californian Grass”
5. “Hellbent”
6. “Shake It Up”
7. “I’ve Got A Feeling”
8. “I Told You So”
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Peter Hook to play New Order’s ‘Movement,’ ‘Power, Corruption & Lies’ live in 2013
- Bernard Sumner: New Order to begin work on ‘electronic synth album’ early next year
- New Order adds 2nd New York City show, Mexico City date to North American tour
- New Order announces fall North American tour — band’s first U.S. dates in 7 years
- New Order returning to U.S. ‘for more shows later in the year,’ may start writing new music
- New Order set to release ‘Lost Sirens’ — 8 outtakes from last album — in December
- Video: New Order reunites in Brussels with Gillian Gilbert, without Peter Hook (setlist)
I’ll be glad if it sees the light of day, but still think they should have packaged the sirens’ call remixes from the 7″ singles so those are readily available….or I’m never satisfied!
the most recent official NO remixes leave much to be desired. Im glad Lost Sirens will finally get released.
You can listen to the clips from the album here.
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/New-Order-The-Lost-Sirens/hnum/1895612
Hmmm… I hope Rhino isn’t doing this as a CD/vinyl bundle as in you have to buy both at the same time. Much as I like vinyl, I am worried that the combined price of both formats could be a tad prohibitive to the average joe who might just want the CD. But it’ll be good to know it’s finally out, nevertheless.