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Beck Hanson, LAs lo-fi high flier has announced the title of his 8th studio album and it is quite obvious (note: hardly worth mentioning) that he has turned to Brighton lo-fi cartoon filthsters Mick Bunnage and John Link for inspiration, having called it Modern Guilt. Not Modern Toss.

Produced with Danger Mouse, Modern Guilt contains 10 new songs and promises to be an eclectic mix of humour, electronica, folk and pop, covering the whole gamut of life’s rich tapestry. Oh, and these are the tracks: Orphans, Gamma Ray, Chemtrails, Modern Guilt, Youthless, Walls, Replica, Soul of A Man, Profanity Prayers, Volcano.

Beck also plans to go on the road to promote said platter and will be playing the following UK dates:

Tuesday 1^st July – Southampton Guildhall

Wednesday 2^nd July – Manchester Apollo

Friday 4^th July – London Wireless Festival

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It seems only yesterday that Beck re-released ‘Odelay,’ but proving that you can’t keep an old lo-fi-er down, Mr Hanson is about to lay some new tunes on us… though there is still an air of muso mystery about titles, release dates and such not.

Premiering on much-respected-but-not-quite-Peel DJ Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show, ‘Chemtrails’ was quickly announced by said DJ as ‘the hottest record in the world.’ To make up your own mind, go to Beck.com and have a listen. To coin a cliche, expect the unexpected. And 60’s psychedelia.

But don’t expect a release date or title, because there ain’t none yet (excuse the double negative) though summer (and I don’t mean Glau) and Danger Mouse producing have been mentioned.

More info as and when. Meanwhile, pity poor Zane and his crispy fried fingers. Poor Zane.

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