Paul McCartney has confirmed the title of his new album Egypt Station and released two new tracks.
The album will be the Beatles icons’ first studio album since 2013’s New. Egypt Station was produced by Greg Kurstin, although Ryan Tedder produced one track.
In a press release, McCartney said of the album title:
“I liked the words ‘Egypt Station’. It reminded me of the ‘album’ albums we used to make… ‘Egypt Station’ starts off at the station on the first song and then each song is like a different station. So it gives us some idea to base all the songs around that. I think of it as a dream location that the music emanates from.”
He also told DIY that some of the inspiration for the singles came from his work on the 50th-anniversary reissue of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Egypt Station’ is set to be released on September 7th this year via Capitol Records.
You can listen to the catchy new tracks ‘I Don’t Know’ and ‘Come On To Me’ below.
