The Black Light (The Ting Tings album)
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| Released | October 26, 2018 | |||
| Genre | Drum and bass, UK garage, indie rock, indietronica | |||
| Length | 27:37 | |||
| Label | Finca | |||
| Producer | Jules De Martino, Jon Foster | |||
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The Black Light is the fourth studio album by English indie pop duo The Ting Tings. It was released on 26 October 2018 by Finca Records.[1]
The album was written and recorded over a two-year period mostly in Los Angeles and Spain.[1]
During the creation of The Black Light and unlike the band's previous albums, the lyrics were written first and then put to music.[2] Vocalist Katie White and drummer Julian De Martino initially recorded demos in Spain, with an indie rock sound styled after their heroes The Smiths and The Cure but were unhappy with this as they felt it was unrepresentative of their musical intentions for the project. They moved to Los Angeles where they built another new studio, rearranging the songs and re-recording some of the material before finding the resulting sound they searched for.[3][4]
The resulting album became a departure for Ting Tings, having a darker and melancholic sound than the band’s previous albums.[1][3][4] The Black Light explores themes like complicated relationships, inner turmoil, and dead loved ones.[5]
Release and promotion
Singles "Blacklight" and "Estranged" were released ahead of the album, both accompanied by music videos.[3] The album was released on vinyl and digitally, but did not feature a CD version in both the band’s native UK and US.
Seven remixes of the songs from the album were released digitally from October 2018 through March 2019.[6]
A limited edition black USB memory stick with an alternative stripped-down version of the album subtitled 'Manchester Versions'[7] and a collection of remixes were released in March 2019.[8]
A standalone digital release of The Black Light (Manchester Versions) took place in July 2019.[9]
