Anathema Posts New Track "Springfield"

Following 2014 album "Distant Satellites" (reviewed here and with the title track appearing on the soundtrack to sci-fi / horror novella "Empty"), Anathema will see the release of eleventh studio album "The Optimist" this coming June 9th via Kscope.

Today the band shares new song "Springfield" below as pre-orders for the 11 track album come online. Anathema singer/guitar player Daniel Cavanagh comments:

“Here we present the song 'Springfield', it’s actually the song that closed our unforgettable Wembley gig with Opeth and it seemed to be a track that just fell into place without much effort. It seemed to do itself. The song forms part of a narrative that runs through The Optimist album, it’s a narrative that begins where A Fine Day To Exit left off. The album is a journey. The songs are ambiguous. There is no right or wrong way to take them. Make of them what you will.”

Anathema began recording "The Optimist" in the winter of 2016 at Attica Audio in Donegal, Ireland and then finished at Castle Of Doom studios in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan. Mastering was handled at Abbey Road Studios and the track listing is as follows:

1. 32.63N 117.14W
2. Leaving It Behind
3. Endless Ways
4. The Optimist
5. San Francisco
6. Springfield
7. Ghosts
8. Can’t Let Go
9. Close Your Eyes
10. Wildfires
11. Back To the Start