You Am I Reveals New Album Details

After recently releasing their first new track in ages, You Am I have announced the details for their forthcoming 11th studio album, with The Lives Of Others to drop 14 May.

As most of the album coalesced in 2020, the band faced a different way of working to anything they had done before, with no time in a studio all together, no looming deadlines for releases or tour dates and no outside opinions or expectations.

Vocalist/guitarist Tim Rogers and guitarist Davey Lane did demos at Lane’s home studio. Bass player Andy Kent and drummer Russell Hopkinson could take their time getting inside the songs before injecting their energy in a studio. Once those drum and bass parts were set, Rogers and Lane would strip their original demo recordings and build their parts on the foundation provided by the rhythm section.

"Isolation brought a sort of purity of thought or expression in not being around the usual references and outside input, or any other human for that matter," Kent said. "The notes and ideas just flowed. But you can’t make good rock’n’roll alone so when Russ and I got in the room together it was on.”

“It’s not the ideal way to make a record but it worked,” said Rogers. “I can be a bit of a pain in the neck with either my unbridled enthusiasm or brain-draining depression. For the others I think a bit of time away from me was good, let them loosen their shoulders a bit.”

The album announcement is also accompanied by a new video for The Waterboy, showcasing live band footage compiled and edited by guitarist Davey Lane. You can watch the video below: