U2 just surprised fans with some more new music.
After releasing the surprise EP U2 – Days of Ash in February, the Irish rockers are back with another surprise EP, U2 – Easter Lily.
While Days of Ash was written as a response to the current chaotic state of the world, Easter Lily is described in a press release as more reflective “exploring themes of friendship, loss, hope, and ultimately, renewal.”
“With Easter Lily we ended up asking very personal questions like: Are our own relationships up to these challenging times? How hard do you fight for friendship? Can our faith survive the mangling of meaning that those algorithms love to reward? Is all religion rubbish and still ripping us apart?” Bono says in a note to fans. “Or are there answers to find in its crevices? Are there ceremonies, rituals, dances that we might be missing in our lives? From the rite of Spring to Easter and its promise of rebirth and renewal.”
He also says the EP’s title is a nod to Patti Smith and her album Easter, explaining it “gave me so much hope when it was released in 1978.”
Like they did with Days of Ash, U2 has also released a special digital edition of their magazine Propaganda, featuring contributions from the band, including in-studio photos shot by Larry Mullen Jr., song lyrics and more.
U2 – Easter Lily is available now via digital outlets, with lyric videos on YouTube.
The EP comes as U2 is in the studio recording a new album, with Bono describing it as a “noisy, messy, ‘unreasonably colourful’ album to play LIVE,” adding, “We still look to vivid rock n roll as an act of resistance against all this awfulness on our small screens.”
Here is the track list for U2 – Easter Lily:
“Song for Hal,” ft. The Edge on lead vocals
“In a Life”
“Scars”
“Resurrection Song”
“Easter Parade”
“COEXIST (I Will Bless the Lord at All Times?)” – ft. a new soundscape by Brian Eno
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