Reef announce their first album in 18 years

By Scott Munro
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Reef will release their new album Revelation in May - their first record since 2000’s Getaway

Reef
Reef (Image credit: Jenny Hands)

Reef have announced that they’ll release their first album in 18 years in May.

The follow-up to 2000’s Getaway is titled Revelation and it’ll arrive on May 4 via earMUSIC – the same day that they’ll head out on the road on the TeamRock-sponsored Britrock Must Be Destroyed tour with The Wildhearts, Terrorvision and Dodgy.

Reef frontman Gary Stringer says: “We didn’t want to just make a good record, we wanted to make a great record. We were writing the songs for two and a half years, road-testing them when we were on tour.

“We’d play four or five new songs every night, really watching the crowd. If their eyes glazed over or they went to the bar, then we dropped those songs. But if a song engaged with them – a melody they can hook into, a guitar riff – then that was a real pointer for how we went about it.

“Hopefully that’s helped make the album is as strong as it is.”

Revelation was recorded in Ireland and produced by long-time collaborator George Drakoulias.

Guitarist Jesse Wood says: “Recording in Ireland was really special. It’s always been a magical place for me and we spent a few great weeks there with George. I already can’t wait to make the next album!”

Revelation is now available for pre-order (opens in new tab). Find the cover art and tracklist below, along with all of Reef’s upcoming UK tour dates.

Reef Revelation tracklist

  1. Revelation
  2. My Sweet Love (featuring Sheryl Crow)
  3. Provide
  4. How I Got Over
  5. Don’t Go Changing Your Mind
  6. Precious Metal
  7. Just Feel Love
  8. Ball And Chain
  9. First Mistake
  10. Darling Be Home Soon
  11. Lone Rider
  12. Like A Ship (Without A Sail)

Reef 2018 UK tour dates

Apr 26: Lincoln The Engine Shed
Apr 27: Hull The Welly
Apr 28: Liverpool Arts Club
May 04: Manchester Academy (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 05: Birmingham Digbeth Arena (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 06: London Eventim Apollo (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 10: Reading Sub89
May 11: Brighton Concorde 2
May 12: Norwich Waterfront
May 18: Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
May 19: Glasgow O2 Academy (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 20: Newcastle O2 Academy (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 24: Leeds O2 Academy (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 25: Bristol Motion (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
May 26: Portsmouth Guildhall (Britrock Must Be Destroyed!)
Jun 23: A Beautiful Day Out at Eden

The 10 best Reef songs as chosen by Gary Stringer

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.