GoGo Penguin Announce Seventh Studio Album 'Necessary Fictions' With First Single Fallowfield Loops

GoGo Penguin have laid out plans for their seventh studio album.

The Manchester experimental trio will release 'Necessary Fictions' on June 20, following up 2023's 'Everything is Going To Be OK'. Announcing it, they said: "'Necessary Fictions' is about shedding the mask and showing who we truly are — as people, as musicians, as a band."

Alongside the news, the band have shared the record's melancholic first single, Fallowfield Loops, which expands on their signature blend of acoustic instruments and electronic elements. Introducing it, they said:

"There’s a quiet sadness in it, but also rhythm and momentum — a sense of moving forward. The title is a nod to a hidden greenway near where we live in South Manchester — an old railway line turned peaceful urban escape."

Head below to view the track's accompanying video, directed by the band's Chris Illingworth and Nick Blacka.

'Necessary Fictions' tracklist:

1. Umbra
2. Fallowfield Loops
3. Forgive the Damages (feat. Daudi Matsiko)
4. What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be
5. Background Hiss Reminds Me of Rain
6. The Turn Within
7. Living Bricks in Dead Mortar
8. Naga Ghost
9. Luminous Giants (feat. Rakhi Singh and Manchester Collective)
10. Float (Loi Krathong, 2003)
11. State of Flux (feat. Manchester Collective)
12. Silence Speaks

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