GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BAND IMAGINE DRAGONS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, SMOKE + MIRRORS, ON FEBRUARY 17
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GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BAND IMAGINE DRAGONS TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM, SMOKE + MIRRORS, ON FEBRUARY 17
EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION FOR TARGET CANADA FEATURES TWO BONUS TRACKS + SPECIAL COVER ART
SMOKE + MIRRORS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
16 December 2014 (Toronto, ON) — Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning rock band Imagine Dragons will release their new album, Smoke + Mirrors, on 17 February 2015 via KIDinaKORNER / Interscope Records / Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Watch a trailer featuring footage of the making of Smoke + Mirrors here. An exclusive deluxe edition for Target Canada, featuring two bonus tracks and special cover art, will go on sale in stores on February 17. The album is now available for pre-order on iTuneshere. Those who pre-order will receive instant downloads of the album’s first single “I Bet My Life” and the song “Gold”. Fans can also pre-order a limited edition “art box deluxe” version of the album here. This format includes lithograph prints designed by artist Tim Cantor for every song on the album as well as an oversized album booklet in a collectible box. Smoke + Mirrors will also be available at other retailers for digital download, streaming via subscription services and on CD / vinyl on February 17. The video for “I Bet My Life”, which is now #1 at Canadian Alternative radio, can be seen on Vevo here. Directed by Canadian filmmaker Jodeb (Zedd + Foxes’ “Clarity”), the video features American actor Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2). Last month, the Las Vegas-based quartet performed the song publically for the first time ever in Canada at the Grey Cup Half-Time show at the 102nd Grey Cup in Vancouver. Also last month, the band performed on The American Music Awards and took home the award for “Favorite Artist — Alternative Rock” for the second year in a row. Watch the band’s performance here. On Smoke + Mirrors, Imagine Dragons use the frenetic energy of life on the road to infuse their music with both raw tension and intense vulnerability. As on their 3X platinum full-length debut, Night Visions, the band works with sharply crafted beats and grooves to dream up rhythm-driven rock music that’s artful yet visceral. Also revealing the band’s dedication to keeping it homespun, Smoke + Mirrors marks the first release recorded in their new self-built home studio. Formed in 2009 and featuring lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman, Imagine Dragons earned a grassroots following by independently releasing a series of EPs. After Alex Da Kid signed them to his KIDinaKORNER / Interscope label, the band made its major-label debut with the release of Continued Silence, a 2012 EP featuring the 2X platinum breakthrough single “It’s Time”. Night Visions arrived later that year and Imagine Dragons found themselves on a skyward trajectory that saw the album debut at No. 2 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, sell nearly four million copies worldwide, and became the No. 1 album on Spotify Worldwide for 2013. Night Visions’ second single, the 8X platinum “Radioactive”, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Rock chart and earned the band a 2014 Grammy for “Best Rock Performance.” It is the best-selling rock song in U.S. digital history. The third single, “Demons” is 5X platinum and the fourth single “Top of the World” is platinum. The band has sold more than 24 million tracks and four million albums worldwide and counting. Smoke + Mirrors tracklisting: 1. Shots 2. Gold 3. Smoke And Mirrors 4. I’m So Sorry 5. I Bet My Life 6. Polaroid 7. Friction 8. It Comes Back To You 9. Dream 10. Trouble 11. Summer 12. Hopeless Opus 13. The Fall Deluxe edition: 14. The Unknown 15. Thief 16. Warriors Target exclusive tracks: 17. Second Chances 18. Release For more about Imagine Dragons, visit:imaginedragonsmusic.com facebook.com/ImagineDragons twitter.com/imaginedragons youtube.com/user/ImagineDragonsVEVO
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