Speculation about the demise of CREEPER proved to be wide-of-the-mark. Their devoted fanbase were devastated when frontman Will Gould paraphrased David Bowie as he announced the end of the band during a sold-out Koko show in 2018.
But a year to the date later, CREEPER were reborn during a secret show under the Fugitives of Heaven pseudonym. Their reanimation was completed when they dropped the new track ‘Born Cold’ – with Radio 1’s Daniel P Carter leading the celebrations by playing the track three times in a row.
Now a new era in the CREEPER story gathers pace with the news that they’ll release their eagerly anticipated second album, ‘SEX, DEATH & THE INFINITE VOID’, on May 22ND via Roadrunner Records. To coincide with the news, CREEPER have also announced details of their first UK headline tour in over two years.
Of the album and artwork, frontman Will Gould says, “The real-life time travel that music can achieve is almost supernatural. In a moment you can be transported from a bedroom in the south of England to another dimension entirely. With our latest album, we attempted to perform a similar magic.
The concept behind the artwork came to me when I was considering the ways I first discovered music. Both Ian Miles and I have similar stories of discovering our parents’ records. Holding in our hands these battered relics of the past, playing them for the first time and experiencing the magic of them coming to life over the speaker.
This being the case, our album cover attempts to live up to that promise. It would fit in with our parents’ records of the past, you could find it in a dusty attic, blow off the cobwebs, play it at any moment in time and be transported.”
‘SEX, DEATH & THE INFINITE VOID’ is now available to pre-order. Fans who pre-order the album from the official CREEPER European store (https://smarturl.it/creeperstore) before 9am on Wednesday January 15th will gain access to a pre-sale for tickets to the band’s UK headline tour in April.
Formed in Southampton, CREEPER quickly developed a die-hard following of fans. The CREEPER CULT quickly became enamoured with the band’s visionary hybrid of engaging narratives, striking theatricality and a sound simultaneously visceral, grandiose and adventurous.
CREEPER’s debut album ‘Eternity, In Your Arms’ shot straight into the Top 20, while early acclaim included Best British Newcomer at the Kerrang! Awards, Best New Band at the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards, and Best British Newcomer in the Rock Sound readers’ poll.
In addition to their headline tour, CREEPER also recently announced that they will support BABYMETAL on the UK leg of next month’s METAL GALAXY WORLD TOUR.
Theirforthcoming UK tour dates are:
FEBRUARY – WITH BABYMETAL
19th – Glasgow, Barrowland
20th – Cardiff, The Great Hall
22nd – Manchester, O2 Apollo
23rd – London, Hammersmith Eventim Apollo
APRIL – ‘GOD CAN’T SAVE US’ HEADLINE TOUR
12th – Leeds, The Wardrobe
13th – Glasgow, St. Luke’s
14th – Manchester, Academy 2
15th – London, Brixton Electric
17th – Brighton, Concorde 2
18th – Birmingham, O2 Institute