McFly - Power to Play

[Music City Queen]

7th studio album, 8th if you count Space Band (which I'm sure no one is), due out June 9th. This photo is being used on the Genius page as an album cover but no idea if it is actually the cover or not. After Young Dumb Thrills, it wouldn't surprise me if it was.

Honey to the Bee by Billie, Bumblebee by ABBA and now Land of the Bees.

1	Where Did All the Guitars Go?
2	Land of the Bees
3	Forever's Not Enough
4	God of Rock & Roll
5	I'm Fine
6	Taking Back Tonight
7	Honey I'm Home
8	Route 55
9	Crash
10	Make It Out Alive
11	Shine On

 

[andru]

Pre-orders have popped up on Amazon - no artwork or product shots yet - but release date and tracklisting is correct.

- Signed CD
- Standard CD
- Vinyl

 

[popjunkie]

I didn’t enjoy Young Dumb Thrills. It was their first dud album for me. After the quality of the material on The Lost Songs I was hyped. So hopefully this sounds completely different to Young Dumb Thrills.

 

[Adora Day]

I didn’t enjoy Young Dumb Thrills. It was their first dud album for me. After the quality of the material on The Lost Songs I was hyped. So hopefully this sounds completely different to Young Dumb Thrills.

Same!

 

[kingbm]

Where Did All the Guitars Go? Is the first single… not that hyped. Like most people didn’t like YDT, Lost Songs should have been released as an album and that’s the sound I prefer from them.

 

[andru]

Re-listened to Young Dumb Thrills today, and it's not as bad as I remember it.

After going so long without any new music I suppose it just didn't meet the high expectations that come with an anticipated comeback, especially following the release of The Lost Songs where many of the tracks were known about already and had been highly sought after since 2013-ish.

Where Did All The Guitars Go? does sound a lot better from the (admittedly very short) clips they've been sharing though, so hopefully it doesn't disappoint!

 

[andru]

Looks like "Where Did All The Guitars Go?" will release at 2pm tomorrow.

 

[jawow_]

I think Young Dumb Thrills felt particularly subpar as it followed The Lost Songs, which is probably their best effort. So the decline was felt.

 

[Vasilios]

Where Did All The Guitars Go? better not be a 'rock music is dead, where are all the rock bandzzz' 'protest' song.

 

[andru]

Artwork and product shots from Amazon - if it's not going to feature the band, I think this works well and suits the visuals they've been using so far on social media.

 

[andru]

New photo from their Spotify profile:

 

[Adora Day]

Websites asking for a password

 

[andru]

Pre-orders: https://store.mcfly.com

 

[andru]

Writers - James Bay on track 3 feels like a bit of a surprise!

1. Where Did All the Guitars Go?
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd & Tom Fletcher
2. Land of the Bees
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
3. Forever's Not Enough
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, James Bay & Tom Fletcher
4. God of Rock & Roll
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
5. I'm Fine
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, RAT BOY, Steve Battelle, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
6. Taking Back Tonight
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
7. Honey I'm Home
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd & Tom Fletcher
8. Route 55
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Mark Hoppus, RAT BOY, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
9. Crash
Dan Carter, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
10. Make It Out Alive
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
11. Shine On
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher

 

[andru]

"Where Did All The Guitars Go?" is out Friday.

 

[kingbm]

Writers - James Bay on track 3 feels like a bit of a surprise!

1. Where Did All the Guitars Go?
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd & Tom Fletcher
2. Land of the Bees
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
3. Forever's Not Enough
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, James Bay & Tom Fletcher
4. God of Rock & Roll
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
5. I'm Fine
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, RAT BOY, Steve Battelle, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
6. Taking Back Tonight
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
7. Honey I'm Home
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd & Tom Fletcher
8. Route 55
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Mark Hoppus, RAT BOY, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher
9. Crash
Dan Carter, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
10. Make It Out Alive
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle, Todd Dorigo & Tom Fletcher
11. Shine On
Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, Harry Judd, Steve Battelle & Tom Fletcher

They all share credits now even if they didn’t work on the song. Which I get, as Harry never writes but misses out on the royalties.

 

[MusicLover1994]

I haven't listened to a McFly album since Radio:Active (which I loved along with Motion in the Ocean), am I missing much?

Anyway I'll be checking this out!

 

[popjunkie]

I haven't listened to a McFly album since Radio:Active (which I loved along with Motion in the Ocean), am I missing much?

Anyway I'll be checking this out!

Above The Noise has some bops. That’s The Truth and Take Me There are top tier.

The Lost Songs are fantastic for a collection of demos and would’ve been a really interesting direction for them to keep exploring.

 

[andru]

Admittedly I haven't listened to it in a long time, so opinion may change, but I really liked "Shine A Light" from Above The Noise as well. It didn't particularly feel like a McFly song at the time, but it was interesting to see them aiming for a more electronic/synth sound while trying to maintain their usual one. I thought it worked well and having Taio Cruz featured came as a surprise too.

 

[claire_louise]

New photo from their Spotify profile:

I mean, this would have been a fantastic album cover. They all look great.