Splendour-bound The Polyphonic Spree Unleash New Record Details, New Single

Fans of Texan Day-Glo rock come church choir musical experience The Polyphonic Spree will be welcoming their weekend Splendour In The Grass appearance with more celebration, the group announcing the release of their fourth studio record and first original album since 2007.

The band, formed by Tim Delaughter and who will appear at Byron Bay's Splendour this Saturday night playing their version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, will drop new record, Yes, It's True, in Australia and New Zealand in the second half of this year – already releasing a new single and the record's opener called You Don't Know Me.


Yes, It's True is yet another crowd-funding success story, seeing fans pledge $136,505 to Kickstarter in less than two months, allowing Polyphonic Spree to record to unique 11-track offering ranging from euphoric to sombre. Below is the tracklist, with each tune given a section number and a subtitle, the usual tune classification used in their three previous records .

1. Section 33 (You Don't Know Me)
2. Section 34 (Popular By Design)
3. Section 35 (Hold Yourself Up)
4. Section 36 (Carefully Try)
5. Section 37 (You're Golden)
6. Section 38 (Heart Talk)
7. Section 39 (Blurry Up The Lines)
8. Section 40 (Let Them Be)
9. Section 41 (Raise Your Head
10. Section 42 (What Would You Do?)
11. Section 43 (Battlefield)

The Polyphonic Spree also energised the crowd at this year's South By Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, playing an uplifting set that unveiled the new lineup, sound and look for the band. Check out what you can expect at Splendour and from the new record by reading what Andrew Mast saw at SXSW.

Fans can expect a release for Yes, It's True in this half of the year through Create/Control, but for now we can only tease you with the album cover art.