The Pineapple Thief to release new studio album “It Leads to This” on February 9th 2024

Progressive Art Rock luminaries The Pineapple Thief return with their new studio album “It Leads to This” out on February 9th, 2024, via Kscope.

The Pineapple Thief revel in opposing forces. Muscle and fragility. Chaos and precision. Distorted introspection and warm, dreamlike expanse. Conceived in 1999 by Bruce Soord, the progressive quartet underwent a rebirth in 2017 with the arrival of Gavin Harrison (King Crimson, Porcupine Tree) on drums. Completed by bassist Jon Sykes and keyboardist Steve Kitch, they’ve honed a lean yet lush, quietly timeless sound that soars on “It Leads to This”.

To coincide with their formidable return, the band reveal a beautifully shot, compelling video for the first chapter of “It Leads to This” in the form of “The Frost”. The video for the new single shot by Jeremy George brings the vibrant landscape of Iceland to life in the post-apocalyptic world pictured on the cover.

The Pineapple Thief had the following to say regarding the new single “The Frost”:
“We worked on these new songs for nearly 3 years. It was the most intense time I can remember within The Pineapple Thief. Personally I was being pushed well beyond my known limits, which is great from an artistic perspective but also very very challenging from a personal perspective”.

Watch the official video for the new single “The Frost” below.

Bruce continues:
Conceptually ‘It Leads To This’ continues my desire to observe and (try to) make sense of life and the world around me. It’s all there in the lyrics. The initial concept for the songs came together very quickly but the final lyrical and musical elements took a huge amount of work to piece together between the four of us, at least to a point where we were all satisfied. After so long in the business, being ‘satisfied’ is constantly being pushed further, constantly redefined. That’s the thing, we just kept pushing…”

It all feeds into “It Leads to This”. Comprising eight fat-free epics – all about five minutes long, mixing rock urgency with delicate atmospherics, pensive keys and captivating melodies – it finds Soord looking back and fearing for the world his children will inherit. His lyrics also drew from literature: accounts of Ancient Rome, John Williams’ classic Stoner and epistolary Augustus. All conveyed through Soord’s fragile yet penetrative tenor, nodding to storytellers like Nick Drake, Thom Yorke and Katatonia’s Jonas Renkse.

In a way, that’s The Pineapple Thief all over. Idiosyncratic but relatable. Devastating and life-affirming, in the same breath. Not married to a single genre, just melody served by tones and textures. Music that only the four of them could make.

Opening with the coy melodies of “Put It Right” before moving into the metallic groove of “Rubicon”, the album builds to the heart of the record with the epic title track, the cathartic “The Frost”, followed by an introspective “All That’s Left”. The ominous “Now It’s Yours” and “Every Trace of Us” keep the foreboding atmosphere topped up whilst delivering The Pineapple Thief’s signature dynamism, closing the record with the haunting “To Forget”.

“It Leads to This” will be available in a multitude of formats that are as follows:

Limited Edition Deluxe 4 Disc set featuring:
• Disc 1: CD Album
• Disc 2: Bonus CD “Y Aqui Estamos” – Alternate Versions
• Disc 3: Blu-ray – It Leads To This + bonus album “Y Aqui Estamos” (reworkings of album session recordings): Dolby Atmos-DTS-HD MA 5.1-24/48 PCM Stereo mixes created by Bruce Soord
• Disc 4: DVD – “It Leads to This” and “Y Aqui Estamos”: DTS 5.1-24/48 PCM Stereo
52 page book

• Limited edition brick red vinyl LP (exclusive to The Pineapple Thief and Kscope stores)
• Limited edition green vinyl LP (exclusive to worldwide independent record shops)
• Limited edition cream vinyl LP (exclusive to Germany & Austria)

• Blu Ray – Includes “It Leads to This” and bonus album “Y Aqui Estamos”. All in hi-res dolby atmos, dts-hd 5.1 and stereo created by Bruce Soord

Pre-order & pre-save “It Leads to This” here.

Tracklist:

CD1 – CD Album:
1. Put It Right [5:30]
2. Rubicon [4:37]
3. It Leads to This [4:43]
4. The Frost [5:40]
5. All That’s Left [4:26]
6. Now It’s Yours [5:59]
7. Every Trace of Us [4:30]
8. To Forget [5:20]

CD2 – Bonus CD “Y Aqui Estamos” – Alternate Versions:
1. All That’s Left (alternate version) [4:30]
2. All Because of Me (alternate version) [3:05]
3. Put It Right (alternate version) [5:22]
4. Rubicon (alternate version) [4:39]
5. To Forget (alternate version) [5:08]
6. Every Trace of Us (alternate version) [4:33]
7. The Frost (alternate version) [5:57]

Blu-ray – “It Leads to This” and “Y Aqui Estamos”: Dolby Atmos-DTS-HD MA 5.1-24/48 PCM Stereo:
1. Put It Right (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:30]
2. Rubicon (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:37]
3. It Leads to This (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:43]
4. The Frost (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:40]
5. All That’s Left (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:26]
6. Now It’s Yours (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:59]
7. Every Trace of Us (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:30]
8. To Forget (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:20]
9. All That’s Left (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:30]
10. All Because of Me (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [3:05]
11. Put It Right (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:22]
12. Rubicon (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:39]
13. To Forget (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:08]
14. Every Trace of Us (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [4:33]
15. The Frost (alternate version) (Dolby Atmos/5.1/Hi-res Stereo) [5:57]

DVD – “It Leads to This” and “Y Aqui Estamos”: DTS 5.1-24/48 PCM Stereo:
1. Put It Right (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:30]
2. Rubicon (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:37]
3. It Leads To This (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:43]
4. The Frost (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:40]
5. All That’s Left (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:26]
6. Now It’s Yours (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:59]
7. Every Trace of Us (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:30]
8. To Forget (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:20]
9. All That’s Left (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:30]
10. All Because of Me (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [3:05]
11. Put It Right (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:22]
12. Rubicon (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:39]
13. To Forget (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:08]
14. Every Trace of Us (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [4:33]
15. The Frost (alternate version) (5.1 / Hi-res Stereo) [5:57]

In support of the new album The Pineapple Thief will be embarking on a European & UK tour in February & March 2024. See the full dates below.

European & UK Tour Dates 2024:
20/2 Manchester (GB) – O2 The Ritz
21/2 Bristol (GB) – SWX
23/2 Paris (FR) – Elysee Montmartre
24/2 Amsterdam (NL) – Melkweg
26/2 Neunkirchen (DE) – Gebläsehalle
27/2 Aschaffenburg (DE) – Colos Saal
28/2 Zurich (CH) – Komplex 457
1/3 Barcelona (ES) – Apolo
2/3 Madrid (ES) – La Paqui
3/3 Lisbon (PT) – Lisboa Ao Vivo
5/3 Toulouse (FR) – Metronum
6/3 Lyon (FR) – La Rayonne
7/3 Milan (IT) – Alcatraz
8/3 Strasbourg (FR) – La Laiterie
9/3 Munich (DE) – Technikum
11/3 Warsaw (PL) – Palladium
13/3 Krakow (PL) – Klub Studio
14/3 Berlin (DE) – Kesselhaus
15/3 Cologne (DE) – Carlswerk Victoria
16/3 London (GB) – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire