After Anathema’s 2012 award-winning album Weather Systems and 2014’s spellbinding Distant Satellites, the ambient rockers are back with their eleventh full-length, The Optimist. Due for release on June 9, The Optimist will soon reveal some of the darkest, most challenging and unexpected music the sextet have put their name to.

The first track to be released from the album is Springfield. Daniel Cavanagh explains the song choice “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.”

 

PRE ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW
The Optimist will be released in multiple formats and all are available to pre-ordered now here:
www.nervegas.com.au/anathema