It features an essay from Josh Homme and a previously unreleased collaboration with Beck Mark Lanegan ’s estate has announced a ‘Bubblegum’ box set to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary – and it’ll include 12 previously unreleased songs. The release, ‘Bubblegum XX’, is set to arrive on August 23 through Beggars Arkive, the catalogue and archive department of Beggars Group. There’s a remastered double LP edition of the album, as well as a 4XLP/3XCD/Digital release with 40 mastered tracks.
Not only that, but the 4XLP box also contains a 64-page hardcover book with essays by Lanegan’s former collaborators and Queens of the Stone Age bandmates Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen, as well as the likes of Duff McKagan and Greg Dulli. It also contains studio notes and previously unseen photos by Steve Gullick. It comes after a post was shared on Lanegan’s social media accounts on Sunday (June 7) .
It featured photos of London’s Abbey Road Studios, as well as dials and a screen on a mixing board and what looked like someone responding to emails on a computer. We appreciate your kind & loving words over the last 2 years. There is lots of news to share with you very soon🖤 pic.
twitter.com/YrkZodQNTo — mark lanegan (@marklanegan) July 8, 2024 ‘Bubblegum’ was cut as a double LP and remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road. Beggars Arkive said: “Mark had been demoing songs for a new album, and he was booked to record at Abbey Road.
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