IAMX To Release New Single "Think Of England" As Free Download

IAMX's Chris Corner has a habit of teasing fans and making them salivate. For years, his two critically-acclaimed albums, Kiss + Swallow and The Alternative, were only available in Europe. Yet, his US fanbase begged and pleaded for a Stateside release, and instead of appeasing them, he teased them with three sold-out tours. The albums were eventually released Summer 2008 on Metropolis Records and a whole new audience found him and shared the relish of his "glam noir" music that fuses electro, pop, rock and glam into hyper-sexual, uber-sensual midnight dance music.

And now, he's teasing them again.

IAMX won't be releasing the follow-up to The Alternative until Spring 2009, but to keep his legion of fans happy yet wanting more more more, he will be offering the brand new single "Think of England" from this upcoming third album as a free download starting 9:00am EST on Friday, November 7th. It will be available at: http://www.61seconds.de. "Think of England" is everything you expect from IAMX but amplified to the Nth degree. It's bigger, more epic, more dramatic, and a good hint of the direction IAMX is headed for the next record.

IAMX will also be releasing the live album, IAMX: Live In Warsaw on November 18 via Nineteen95's website, taken from Polish Radio Three in Warsaw. Known for their electrifying and dramatic live shows, the transcontinental fourpiece (with members from England, Berlin and Philadelphia) has hypnotized audiences with their post-apocalyptic and hyper-visual stage presence while remaining incredibly true to the recorded material - a rather intense feat, given the music's multiple layers and intricate arrangements.

Like an '80s electro glam soundtrack to a Guillermo del Toro film or an almost unfathomable hybrid between the sexy swagger of David Bowie and the electro-dance excitement of Scissor Sisters, IAMX mixes the erotically-charged vocals of Chris Corner with music that is, at once, frantic yet intensely controlled. With such strikingly cinematic songs as the waltzy cabaret drama of "President" to the percussive sexual predatory dirtiness of "The Negative Sex" to the indelibly infectious synthpop of the sweeping "Spit It Out," The Alternative is just that - the alternative to the cookie-cutter music scene that dominates the airwaves. A visual and aural intersection, IAMX's live performances have sold out venues across Europe, the UK and the US, even landing on US music industry trade magazine Hits' best SxSW showcases in 2007! Voted Number One Album of 2007 by XM Radio, The Alternative is the sound of an independent revolution offering the perfect "alternative" to the insipid radio drone of the mainstream.

Both The Alternative and Kiss + Swallow are available now on Metropolis Records.

IAMX: Live in Warsaw Track listing

1. The Alternative
2. Bring Me Back A Dog
3. The Negative Sex
4. Mercy
5. Lulled by Numbers
6. Song Of Imaginary Beings
7. Spit It Out
8. Kiss And Swallow
9. President
10. Missile
11. Your Joy Is My Low

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