LISTEN: Elvis Costello reveals upcoming LP, shares first two tracks

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Elvis Costello and The Imposters have announced they have a new album called “Look Now” coming in October, and they’re offering a preview with the release of two tracks, “Unwanted Number” and “Under Lime”.

“Look Now” was recorded in Hollywood, New York and Vancouver and is Costello’s first album with The Imposters since 2008’s “Momofuku”.

Costello has since released an album of his own, the 2013 Roots collaboration “Wise Up Ghost”.

Most of the album’s 12 tracks were written by Costello, and two were co-written by Burt Bacharach, who plays piano on both the ballads “Don’t Look Now” and “Photographs Can Lie”. “Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter”, meanwhile, was written with Carole King.

“Look Now” is due out on Oct. 12. Starting now, those who pre-order digital versions of the 12-track album or a 16-song deluxe edition will get an instant download of “Under Lime” and “Unwanted Number”.

“Look Now” track listing:

1. “Under Lime”
2. “Don’t Look Now”
3. “Burnt Sugar Is So Bitter”
4. “Stripping Paper”
5. “Unwanted Number”
6. “I Let The Sun Go Down”
7. “Mr. & Mrs. Hush”
8. “Photographs Can Lie”
9. “Dishonor The Stars”
10. “Suspect My Tears”
11. “Why Won’t Heaven Help Me?”
12. “He’s Given Me Things”

Deluxe Special Edition tracks:
13. “Isabelle In Tears”
14. “Adieu Paris (L’Envie Des Étoiles)”
15. “The Final Mrs. Curtain”
16. “You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way”

Last month, Costello and the band revealed plans to tour in support of the forthcoming album, with a 20-date, coast-to-coast North American tour that runs Nov. 2 to Dec. 4. Find details at www.elviscostello.com. JB

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