Spock’s Beard announce new album Noise Floor

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Spock’s Beard will release their 13th studio album Noise Floor in May

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Spock's Beard (Image credit: Kat Mueller)

Spock’s Beard have announced that their 13th studio album will be released later this year.

The follow-up to 2015’s The Oblivion Particle will be titled Noise Floor and will launch on May 25.

The lineup of Ted Leonard, Alan Morse, Dave Meros and Ryo Okumoto will be joined by drummer and original band member Nick D’Virgilio, who initially left the band in 2011.

Vocalist and guitarist Ted Leonard, says: “We are always about evolution, not revolution. But what we have done this time is make the songs more melodic.

“We still love our crazy prog, but now appreciate how important it is to grab people’s attention early on.”

As for the recording process behind Noise Floor, Leonard says: “We all do this type of thing in our home studios. So, by the time they reach the stage where the entire band get to judge them, they are really developed, and therefore everyone can make a reasoned judgement.”

The album will also feature two violinists, a cello player, a viola player and an English horn, which is said to give Noise Floor a “slightly more evocative and persuasive twist.”

The album will be released on 2CD digipak which includes an EP of material from the studio sessions, 2LP, 2CD and on digital platforms.

Find the cover art and tracklist below.

Spock’s Beard Noise Floor tracklist

Disc 1 – Noise Floor

  1. To Breathe Another Day
  2. What Becomes of Me
  3. Somebody’s Home
  4. Have We All Gone Crazy Yet
  5. So This Is Life
  6. One So Wise
  7. Box of Spiders
  8. Beginnings

Disc 2 – Cutting Room Floor

  1. Days We’ll Remember
  2. Bulletproof
  3. Vault
  4. Armageddon Nervous

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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.