The sound of Thunder will be hitting your stereos again soon as the band release, 'Robert Johnson's Tombstone' on 30th October 2006. The album features 11 brand new songs, guitarist Luke Morley says:
""Robert Johnson's Tombstone is possibly our most cohesive album to date. The title track is one of the best things we've ever done. It says everything there is to say about THUNDER and where we come from musically. There's nobody else doing what we do right now and this album gets right into the soul of what we are. I didn't realise until the album was finished that lyrically a lot of the material deals with temptation and regret, so what that says about us I don't know! Despite that, it's still an uplifting album though. I can't wait for people to hear it and it's going to be great to play it live.
We went to Spain to record a lot of the album but instead of heading to the beach we rented a place up in the mountains to keep us out of trouble! It was all big, sweeping views down to the coast; very dramatic and inspiring. Hopefully some of that comes through in what we've done.
With every album we've made for our own label we get closer to defining what we are as a band and that's because we really are making music for ourselves. There's a purity about that. We know what we want to do, and because we answer to ourselves only, we're completely free to get on with it. People that buy our albums and come to our shows know that, and I'm sure that's why we're still here."
Of course you'll also be able to hear the new material, and some old favourites on the band's November tour, which stops at the following venues:
Wed 15th - Plymouth Pavilion
Fri 17th - Llandudno North Wales Theatre
Sat 18th - Oxford New Theatre
Mon 20th - Portsmouth Guildhall
Tue 21th - Wolverhampton Civic hall
Wed 22th - London Forum
Fri 24th - Manchester Academy
Sat 25th - Newcastle City Hall
Sun 26th - Sheffield City Hall
Tue 28th - Glasgow Academy
Wed 29th - Inverness Ironworks
The band have lots of exciting competitions going on to support the new LP and the tour (including a listening party to hear the new LP in advance of the release, and a competition to find support acts for the November tour). Full details as well as sound clips for the new LP at thunderonline.com.