Imogen Heap fans, the wait is finally over.
The singer, who had been rather quiet about new album plans, has confirmed a new full-length, titled Sparks, will arrive on March 3, 2014 via RCA, nearly five years since her last record, Ellipse.
Heap has asked fans who pre-order the limited edition deluxe box set to send in their footprints, which will be used to create the album cover. As a perk, the deluxe set will be made available Feb. 24, 2014, ahead of the official release. To pre-order and participate, go here.
“The album began with someone sending in the sound of a striking match for what became [the song] "Lifeline" in March 2011," Heap said in a statement. "I then dived into the most immense, intense creative two and a half years of my life that took me all over the planet, collaborating on so many projects with so many people and often totally spontaneously. The album is then in some ways for me grounded with fans’ footprints bringing the finishing touch for the album art, as so many of them came along for the ride.”
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The new record will be available in two formats: a standard edition and a double-disc casebound edition with instrumental versions of all tracks. The special deluxe package will contain 12 individual discs—the album on CD, 14 HD music videos, plus videos documenting the making of each song and the entire album, a double 10” vinyl album, a special deck of playing cards which unlock exclusive web content and a 120-page coffee-table-style book telling the album's story.
According to a press release, one of the songs, titled "The Listening Chair," is technically incomplete, as Heap claims she will add to the song every seven years with another minute of music.
Click here to pre-order the album now.
Tracklist:
01. You Know Where to Find Me
02. Entanglement
03. The Listening Chair
04. Cycle Song
05. Telemiscommunications
06. Lifeline
07. Neglected Space
08. Minds Without Fear
09. Me The Machine
10. Run-Time
11. Climb To Sakteng
12. The Beast
13. Xizi She Knows
14. Propeller Seeds