The Fall Announces Final Album 'Post Script' Eight Years After Mark E. Smith's Death
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Hattie Lindert
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Summary
Eight years after Mark E. Smith's death, the English post-punk band The Fall has announced their final album, Post Script, set for release in mid-September on Cog Sinister Records. The lead single "30 Degrees," co-written by Smith and bandmates Simon Archer and Ed Blaney, is out now. The album features nine tracks and is the band's first full-length release since 2017's New Facts Emerge.
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Post Script will arrive on Cog Sinister Records in mid-September, per a press release, and a lead single, '30 Degrees,' is out now.
'30 Degrees' was co-written by the late Smith and bandmates Simon Archer and Ed Blaney in Salford, England.
The album gathers nine tracks total, and marks the group's first full-length release since 2017's New Facts Emerge.
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