French synth-pop band Phoenixannounced a new book, titled Phoenix: Libert, galit, Phoenix! Described as a superfans chronicle of the evolution of a band, its due out October 15th.
Phoenix: Libert, galit, Phoenix! will draw on Phoenixs personal archive of photographs, notes, lyrics and more, and will be accompanied by an oral history composed from interviews with the band, conducted by and co-written with The Guardiandeputy music editor Laura Snapes.
The book coincides with several important anniversaries for the band: the 30th anniversary of when the band members first began playing together as a garage band in school, the 20th anniversary of their debut Untitled and the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
Phoenixs most recent album was 2017sTi Amo. In an interview withRolling Stone, frontman Thomas Mars said, Making music was always a joyous thing that we were happy to do, and it stayed that way. You see things that are evolving and changing around you, and then theres something dark, but somehow you keep in mind that there is a value and a quality in just keeping your mind. Thats not to say its disconnected and its apolitical; its just that it seems joyous and therefore it doesnt mean its in denial [of whats happened].