Seminal punk band Rancid - have set June 1st for the UK release of Let The Dominoes Fall (Hellcat/Epitaph), their first studio album in six years. Single out 25th May 'Last One To Die' (review) Let The Dominoes Fall feature nineteen new songs, all written by Rancid. Special guest and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Booker T contributes Hammond B3 organ on one track, ‘Up To No Good.’


“The crew is back doing what we do best,” says Armstrong. “We approached every element of this record as a team, and the result is my favorite Rancid record to date.”


It’s also their most topical. From the unflinching observations of ‘This Place,’ ‘Lulu’ and ‘Locomotive,’ all of which presage the current economic meltdown, to ‘The Bravest Kids’ which rails against media’s kid-glove treatment of the Iraq war, and the mostly acoustic ‘Civilian Ways,’ inspired by the soldier’s journey of Armstrong’s brother to Iraq and back home again, Let The Dominoes Fall feels timely, adamant and alive.


‘Last One To Die,’ the first single from the new album, will precede the album on 25th May.

In the lead-up to their highly-anticipated new album ‘Let The Dominoes Fall’, Rancid will be releasing online webisodes. This is a series of online video episodes that document and provide some background to the making of the album. One webisode will be available to watch every day from Mondays to Fridays all the way up to the day of the release on June 1st. They will be posted at the following links - Hellcat Records - Home and YouTube - hellcatrecords's Channel , A good few have now been posted and there are plenty more to come! The video snippets are presented in characteristic raucous Rancid style.


Let The Dominoes Fall is Rancid's seventh album and first studio release since 2003's Indestructible, which reached #15 on the Billboard Top 200.


LET THE DOMINOES FALL TRACKLISTING:



1. East Bay Night

2. This Place

3. Up To No Good

4. Last One To Die

5. Disconnected

6. I Ain't Worried

7. Damnation

8. New Orleans

9. Civilian Ways

10. The Bravest Kids

11. Skull City

12. L.A. River

13. Lulu

14. Dominoes Fall

15. Liberty and Freedom

16. You Want It, You Got It

17. Locomotive

18. That's Just The Way It Is Now

19. The Highway