Listen: Kasabian Premiere New Album With ‘Switchblade Smiles’

Kasabian’s new single ‘Switchblade Smiles’ was premiered tonight (June 7) on Zane Lowe’s Radio One show, and can be heard below.

The single is the first track from their new album ‘Velociraptor!’, set to be released on September 19th. Anyone pre-ordering the album from the band’s store will recieve ‘Switchblade Smiles’ as a download immediately.

The tracklisting of ‘Velociraptor!’ reads:

1. Let’s Roll Just Like We Used To
2. Days Are Forgotten
3. Goodbye Kiss
4. La Fée Verte
5. Velociraptor!
6. Acid Turkish Bath (Shelter From The Storm)
7. I Hear Voices
8. Re-wired
9. Man Of Simple Pleasures
10. Switchblade Smiles
11. Neon Noon



Speaking to contactmusic.com about their new material, guitarist Serge Pizzorno said: ‘It feels like the right time for big rock tunes. Not harking back, or rehashing anything. Modern. But big pop tunes.

‘It massively changes things knowing you’re going to play tunes to big crowds. When you’re stood in front of 60,000 people, those are the tunes you can’t wait to play.

‘You might have some amazing tunes but they’re at a weird tempo, and some nights you want the earth to swallow you up. But when you’ve got songs like [new track] ‘Switchblade…’ it’s like, wow, any other band, anyone else in the world, has got to move out the way. It’s heavy as fuck.’

The band have been working on the new material since November of last year, with the help of producer Dan The Automator.