Balaam And The Angel have a new EP coming, and they’re pairing it with a tour marking four decades since one of the most important albums in British alternative rock. ‘Love Death Wealth Water,’ a four-track follow-up to their 2024 comeback EP ‘Forces Of Evil,’ arrives May 1 on all digital platforms, with a limited-edition coloured 12-inch vinyl available via the band’s own Darklands Recordings label. It’s their second release of new material since returning after a 30-plus year silence, and the momentum is clearly building.
Recorded at Oxygene Studios in Manchester with Christoph Bride (The Chameleons, Spear Of Destiny), the EP pushes into territory that blends the atmospheric darkness of the band’s early work with the punch of their later albums. Guitarist Jim Morris describes a recording process driven by renewed confidence and deliberate attention to detail, with an openness to contemporary sounds that keeps the material from feeling like a nostalgic exercise. Alongside the EP release, the Morris brothers, Mark, Jim and Des, one of the few acts of their era still running with the original lineup, will play a series of UK dates in May and July. Then in November, they take ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ on a 40th anniversary tour, performing the 1986 Virgin Records debut in full across Leeds, London and Birmingham, with more dates to be announced.
‘Love Death Wealth Water’ EP Tracklist:
“Wealth”
“Fear Of Poison Water”
“You Are Dead To Me”
“Love Me Too”
EP Release Shows:
May 9 – Woking @ Fiery Bird
May 10 – Brighton @ Concorde 2 (Kindred Spirits Day Fest)
July 9 – York @ The Fulford Arms
July 10 – Edinburgh @ La Belle Angele (Deadinburgh Festival)
“The Greatest Story Ever Told” 40th Anniversary Tour:
November 20 – Leeds @ Warehouse
November 27 – London @ Bush Hall
November 28 – Birmingham @ O2 Institute2