U2 Announce New Album Carnaval de Luz Feat. Dolly Parton: Hear “Silencio”

The big dogs are back! It has been nearly nine years since U2 released Songs Of Experience, their last proper studio album of new music. This fall, right around the band's 50th anniversary, they will return with a new LP called Carnaval de Luz. The first thing that you need to know about it is that Bono wears a fucking top hat on the cover. This year, U2 released the surprise EPs Days Of Ash and Easter Lily, as well as the Martin Garrix collab "Fireflies" and a cover of the Pogues' "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah." U2 recorded Carnaval de Luz with producer Jackknife Lee, who has worked on their last few records. Brian Eno and played keyboards on three tracks, and Daniel Lanois played pedal steel on one, which makes me wonder why they didn't just bring back Eno and Lanois as producers. The song with the Daniel Lanois pedal steel is "Torn," which features one of the final vocal performances from the late Dolly Parton. U2 co-wrote that song with Parton and Snow Patrol member/Ed Sheeran collaborator Johnny McDaid. "Street Of Dreams," the single that U2 released in July, is on the record. There's also a song called "The Mirror Maker (Rosalía)," which does not feature Rosalía and which bri...