New Marillion album out now
The long awaited new double-album by one of my favorite bands, Marillion, is out now and currently only available to order from their website. The album is called Happiness Is The Road, and the buzz is that it is as good, if not better, than their 2004 masterpiece Marbles. The band had released the album much earlier on P2P networks in a reduced-quality format about a month ago as a pre-emptive strike on album leakage and as a promotional tool, so you could try to look for it to preview the whole album. In spite of that, I actually have not heard the album yet and I am still expecting my pre-ordered campaign deluxe edition to come in the mail.
The album’s two parts will be available as single volumes as well, so you can purchase only one disc if you so desire. If you’re all about instant gratification, low price and no shipping costs, they also have the album available as high quality MP3s (~$10 per “disc”).
Update: The album is out in the US now as well. I saw a few copies at Fry’s the other day, and you can buy the CDs or download MP3s from good ol’ American online retailers like Amazon.com.
Volume 1: Essence – CD, MP3s
Volume 2: The Hard Shoulder – CD, MP3s
