Nearly a decade after their last record, Living Colour — the New York band who once gave the world 'Cult of Personality' — is returning to the studio with the weight of a turbulent political moment pressing against their creative instincts. Drummer Will Calhoun has confirmed a spring 2026 album, the band's first since 2017's Shade, describing a process still in motion: ideas accumulating, sounds being tested, collaborators being invited in. It is the kind of announcement that reminds us that serious art does not arrive on schedule — it arrives when the searching finally yields something true.
Living Colour Confirms Spring 2026 Album, First LP in Nearly a Decade
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