FU MANCHU Premier New Track, Announce Guitar Contest; New Album To Stream Online Next Week

February 9, 2007, 17 years ago

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FU MANCHU have posted a second song from their new album We Must Obey, 'Knew It All Along', on their official MySpace page. On Tuesday (February 13th), the complete We Must Obey album will be posted at the same location, where it will be available for streaming until the album’s February 20th release date.

Though it follows in the formidable footsteps of such fuzz-rock landmarks as In Search Of…, The Action Is Go and King Of The Road, We Must Obey is being hailed as FU MANCHU’s finest offering to date. Guitar World praises its "uncompromisingly thunderous, combining Sabbath-like riffs and punk rock attitude,” while Metal Edge says the album proves that “FU MANCHU is the essence of pure rock.” Meanwhile, Alternative Press takes a minimalist approach in its 4.5-star review: “We Must Obey is the new FU MANCHU album. It has 11 songs. What more do you need to know?”

The album will be released as limited edition featuring a luxurious slipcase art in a unique Hot Rod pinstriping style and a European only bonus track.

Here the full tracklisting: 'We Must Obey', 'Knew It All Along', 'Let Me Out', 'Hung Out To Dry', 'Shake It Loose', 'Land Of Giants', 'Between The Lines', 'Lesson', 'Moving In Stereo', 'Didn`t Really Try', 'Sensei Vs. Sensei', 'Never Again' (European bonus track).

The album was recorded at Hollywood’s Grandmaster Recorders studio. Finishing touches were added by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering. The album also includes a cover of THE CARS’ classic 'Moving In Stereo'.

In other news, Century Media Records will issue a limited-edition clear vinyl version of We Must Obey on May 8th. In conjunction with its release, Ampeg will give away a clear guitar – the Dan Armstrong Plexi model played by FU front man Scott Hill. One of the 2,000 copies of the We Must Obey clear vinyl will include a “golden ticket” with instructions on how to redeem the grand prize. More details on the clear vinyl (which can currently be preordered at CMDistro.com) / clear guitar contest are included in the new We Must Obey e-card now posted at www.centurymedia.com/fumanchu.

After a US headliner tour running from late February to mid-April, Fu Manchu will then rock their European audience on the following dates:

April

26 - Lisbon, Portugal at Paradise Garage
27 - Vigo, Spain at Sala A
28 - Madrid, Spain at Copernico
29 - Bilboa, Spain at Kafe Antzoki
30 - Barcelona, Spain at Apollo 2

May

2 - Geneva, Switzerland at Usine-PTR
3 - Karlsruhe, Germany at Substage
4 - Duisburg, Germany at Pulp
5 - Bielefeld, Germany at Forum
6 - Hamburg, Germany at Gruenspan
8 - Aarhus, Denmark at Voxhall
9 - Oslo, Norway at John Dee
10 - Stockholm, Sweden at Debaser
11 - Copenhagen, Denmark at Loppen
12 - Malmoe, Sweden at KB
13 - Berlin, Germany at Kato
15 - Vienna, Austria at Flex
16 - Kufstein, Austria at Kulturfabrik
17 - Graz, Austria at Orpheum
18 - Zurich, Switzerland at Rote Fabrik
19 - Pinarella di Cervia, Italy at Rock Planet
20 - Solothurn, Switzerland at Kofmehl
22 - Wiesbaden, Germany at Schlachthof
23 - Eindhoven, Netherlands at Effenaar
24 - Deventer, Netherlands at Burgerweeshuis
25 - Brussels, Belgium at VK
26 - Nottingham, England at Rock City
27 - Glasgow, Scotland at Cathouse
28 - Belfast, Ireland at Limelight
30 - Wolverhampton, England at Little Civic

June

2 - London, England at Underworld
3 - Southhampton, England at Nexus

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