After many requests for a CD version of the sumptuous triple vinyl “Subterranea Live” set, IQ have released a limited edition double disc CD. Recorded during the IQ30 celebration weekend at the Boerderij, Zoetermeer in 2011, the CD is presented in a gatefold ‘album style’ sleeve with printed inner sleeves for each disc. The front cover once again features the ‘die cut’ bars that allow the different images to appear beneath.
Peter Nicholls: “We originally thought that vinyl would be the preferred format for this release, given that the soundtrack features on the BluRay disc included as an extra in the ‘Archive Collection’ book, but we’ve had so many people asking us for a CD version, and it seems a shame to not be able to store this release alongside all the other Archive Collection releases.”
Strictly limited to 1000 copies, the CD is available now from the IQ store: https://shop.iq-hq.co.uk/products/subterranea-live-cd
The last few copies of the vinyl format are also available on the store.
IQ Begin Writing For Their New Album
Work has finally begun on the long-awaited new album from IQ. As yet untitled (of course..) the band expect to have the new release, the follow up to 2019’s “Resistance,” available towards the end of next year.
Mike Holmes: “For some reason new IQ albums seem to have a life of their own, including a ‘right time’ to appear. We’ve been kicking around a few ideas over the last year or so, and it just feels right to accept that we’re now in the process of writing the album. We’ve already got over half an hour of music that we’re happy with (at least at the moment) which feels like a good place to be, although of course that could change at any minute!
As always we like to try out some of the new material in front of an audience before the recording process begins, so we’ll be playing a few of the new tracks at the Christmas Shows in December.”
Recording is scheduled to begin early in 2024, but you can catch the band beforehand in a handful of live shows:
2023:
2024:
| 19 Jan | The Met | Bury, UK | Tickets |
| 20 Jan | The Met | Bury, UK | Tickets |
| 16 Feb | Colos-Saal | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Tickets |
| 17 Feb | Colos-Saal | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Tickets |
