The Cult prep new LP, share “Give Me Mercy”; tour with BRMC & Zola Jesus starts this week

The Cult have announced Under The Midnight Sun, their 11th album, which will be out October 7 via Black Hill Records. Still led by singer Ian Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, the band worked with Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Ghost, Royal Blood) on this one, which was named after a memorable festival experience in Finland one summer when the sun barely set. “People are laying on the grass, making out, drinking, smoking," says Astbury. "There were rows of flowers at the front of the stage from the performances earlier that evening. It was an incredible moment.”

The first single from the album is "Give Me Mercy," a signature Cult-style rocker full of Duffy's atmospheric guitarwork and big riffage and Astbury's still powerful pipes. Ian says, “I was absolutely enamored with this piece of music Billy had written, and it perfectly fit these thoughts I’d been having about our culture’s need to move past assumptions of duality. We need new language because words can’t express where we’re going.” Duffy adds, “‘Give Me Mercy’ has all the hallmarks of the new classic Cult to my ears … fresh yet familiar.”