September 28, 2015 Band Announcement:

We’ve been away for ages and ages, but we’re really excited to announce that we’re finally ready to reform as Lush. For all the fans who have been pestering us to do this: thanks so much for your patience and support! We wish it could have been sooner but, for many years, it was just too painful to contemplate without Chris, and then all kinds of life-changing commitments made it impossible. Now, at last, the three of us are in the right place at the right time to play music together again.

To celebrate our return, 4AD will be putting out a vinyl edition of our ‘best of’ compilation Ciao! (limited copies will be coloured red) and a box set of (very nearly) everything we ever released along with a selection of rarities, sessions and demos. We'll be playing the Roundhouse in London on 6 May 2016 – tickets will go on sale at 9am on 30 September – so you've got plenty of time to regrow your shoey fringe. Chris's old friend from back in the day, Justin Welch (Elastica), will be on drums. There’s more information to come, so please keep in touch…

Lots of love, Miki, Emma and Phil

4AD Reissues:

New Music:

Live Shows:

31 performances in UK, Europe, North America

November 15, 2016 Band Announcement:

It’s been a fantastic year for Lush. We received an incredible reception to our Blind Spot EP and the three beautiful career-spanning 4AD releases, sold out two Roundhouse shows, toured North America with great success and had a ball at our European festival appearances. It’s been wonderful to revisit our old music and to create new material.

However, it is now time for us to return to our families and homes, and bring our time together as a band to a close. We offer heartfelt thanks to all our fans – this reunion would never have happened without your overwhelming support and dedication.

We would like to take this opportunity to announce that, for our last-ever performance at Manchester Academy on November 25th, Emma, Miki and Justin will be joined by former 4AD label mate Michael Conroy, bass player for Modern English. As with Justin’s involvement, Michael playing with Lush has a special significance for us as he was a very close friend of Chris’s.

Fan reaction to the announcement

First New Music in 20 Years

Four track EP 'Blind Spot'
Available on CD or 10" Vinyl, April 15, 2016 in the UK, April 22 in the US

The four tracks were recorded in the summer of 2015 with Daniel Hunt (Ladytron) and Jim Abbiss (Adele, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys).

Talking about the recording of the EP, Miki Berenyi commented: "It certainly took sometime to come together, but once we were in the studio, everything came together incredibly quickly. It was great fun! It's been a long time since I've written Lush lyrics, and I realised early on with this EP that what I wrote about then is not what I feel comfortable writing about now. My perspective, and what is close to my heart, has changed, and I think that's conveyed in the songs."

Bassist Phil King added:"I know I’m biased, but I work for a music magazine, and I hear music all day and so much sounds non-descript or derivative. But Emma just has this way of writing unusual chord changes that manage to weave lovely melodies over the top, and it immediately sounds like Lush"

See the new video for lead track 'Out of Control'

Pre-Order directly on the band's store for early shipping on April 1, and special editions. US delivery available.

From the band:

We're delighted to be offering an exclusive opportunity to buy some special editions of our forthcoming EP. The 10" vinyl is available in a deluxe limited-edition gatefold sleeve with a set of postcards and download code, as well as the standard sleeve with download code. We also have a metallised CD in a fancy gatefold cover.

A limited number of all formats have been signed by the band. We also have a brand new t-shirt that you can buy in combination with the EP at a reduced price.

 

Or, pre-order at Amazon UK, Rough Trade, Piccadily Records with April 15 shipping.

4AD Reissues

'Origami' colored vinyl 5-LP Box Set

Available exclusively on Record Store Day, April 16 2016

Contains every Lush album and compilation: Gala, Spooky, Split, Lovelife, Topolino.
With download codes for each album plus all the bonus tracks included with the Chrous CD box set.

Details and track listings at 4AD

'Chorus' 5 CD Box Set
Includes previously unreleased demos, radio sessions, remixes and rarities!

More details and track listings at 4AD

Available Dec. 4th, 2015 in UK, Jan. 22nd in US

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'Ciao! Best Of' Red Vinyl Double LP
Available Nov. 27, 2015 in UK
More details and track listings at 4AD

Amazon UK (US delivery available)

Farewells

A small sampling of the hundreds of Facebook comments the day Lush anounced
they will end the band after the last scheduled reunion show in Manchester, England
(see Nov. 15 anouncement above)