{"id":255814,"date":"2025-07-11T09:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255814\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T09:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T09:24:11","slug":"deftones-announce-new-album-private-music-with-monstrous-single-my-mind-is-a-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/255814\/","title":{"rendered":"Deftones announce new album &#8216;private music&#8217; with monstrous single &#8216;my mind is a mountain&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/deftones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deftones<\/a> have announced \u2018private music\u2019 and shared new single \u2018my mind is a mountain\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/deftones-chino-moreno-ohms-interview-therapy-eros-2758778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deftones: \u201cEven in our worst moments, we persevere\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans have waited five years for a new album from the Sacramento band, and Thursday (July 10), the group announced that \u2018private music\u2019 is set to arrive on August 22 via Reprise\/Warner Records. You can pre-order\/pre-save <a href=\"https:\/\/deftones.lnk.to\/PrivateMusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The official announcement follows the band\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-tease-new-music-and-play-career-spanning-crystal-palace-park-show-the-day-they-dropped-out-of-glastonbury-2025-3875110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huge headline show in London earlier this month, where they used their set at Crystal Palace Park to suggest that new music was on the horizon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previewed with lead single \u2018my mind is a mountain\u2019, the record comes co-produced by Nick Raskulinecz (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/alice-in-chains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice In Chains<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/foo-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foo Fighters<\/a>) \u2013 who also worked on 2010\u2019s \u2018Diamond Eyes\u2019 and 2012\u2019s \u2018Koi No Yoka\u2019) and was recorded across Malibu and Joshua Tree in California, as well as Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The same day the record drops, Deftones will kick off a leg of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-extend-2025-north-american-tour-3845729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North American tour dates<\/a> in Vancouver, with their upcoming headline tour seeing them joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Phantogram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phantogram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/IDLES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDLES<\/a> and Barbarians of California on select dates.<\/p>\n<p>The past two years have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/Chino-Moreno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chino Moreno<\/a> and co steadily tease that a new record was on the way, marking the follow-up to 2020\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/deftones-ohms-review-2758739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Ohms\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, for instance, the band\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-tease-new-album-for-2024-3502767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teased an upcoming full-length album and suggested that it was due to arrive in 2024, although this never materialised.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, in spring 2024, they then shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/deftones-give-update-on-a-new-album-we-have-a-whole-record-3617612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another update on their new LP<\/a>\u00a0and said that they were adding the final touches to the recording. \u201c[We] have a whole record recorded all musically,\u201d Moreno said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s pretty much my job right now to finish up the vocals\u2026 We\u2019re not really in a rush. We want it to be great. I think that\u2019s most important. But it is coming, and, yeah \u2013 it\u2019s really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, the band have officially shared the 11-song track list for \u2018private music \u2013 which you can check out below \u2013 featuring songs like \u2018metal dream\u2019, \u2018departing the body\u2019 and \u2018cXz\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3877527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/deftones-album-art.jpg\" alt=\"Deftones 'private music' album artwork. CREDIT: PRESS\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\"  \/>Deftones \u2018private music\u2019 album artwork. CREDIT: PRESS<\/p>\n<p><strong>The tracklist for \u2018private music\u2019 is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018my mind is a mountain\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018locked club\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018ecdysis\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018infinite source\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018souvenir\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018cXz\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018i think about you all the time\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018milk of the madonna\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018cut hands\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018~metal dream\u2019<\/strong><br \/><strong>\u2018departing the body\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Late last year, guitarist Stephen Carpenter described their new material as sounding like \u201ca continuation of \u2018Ohms\u2019 and \u2018Koi [No Yokan\u2019] (via <a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/news\/deftones-begins-teasing-new-music-for-this-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metal Injection<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The hints at \u2018private music\u2019 at their London show came just one day after Deftones were set to perform on the Other Stage at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/glastonbury-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glastonbury 2025<\/a>, but were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/glastonbury-2025-deftones-pull-out-of-other-stage-performance-skepta-to-step-in-3873855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">forced to pull out at the last minute<\/a>\u00a0due to sickness.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/skepta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skepta<\/a>\u00a0was enlisted as a last-minute replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deftones have announced \u2018private music\u2019 and shared new single \u2018my mind is a mountain\u2019. 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