The Prodigy No Tourists New CD

Prodigy No Tourists New CD

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In September 2017, the band announced that they had signed a recording deal with BMG Rights Management, giving them the green-light to produce a new studio album. It is their first album since The Day Is My Enemy (2015).[2][3]

On 19 July 2018, the album's title and front cover was revealed on the group's official Instagram page.[4] It depicts a Routemaster bus on route 7 with its destination being The Four Aces in Dalston where the band played their debut gig in 1990.[5] Howlett explained that its title refers to the album's theme of escapism, "and the want and need to be derailed. Don't be a tourist – there is always more danger and excitement to be found if you stray from the set path".[6]

The album was written, produced, and mixed by Howlett in the course of a year at his own studio in King's Cross, London. He wrote the songs with their live performance being a priority. Despite his input on the record, Howlett maintained it is "very much a band album" with vocal contributions from his band mates Keith Flint and Maxim.[6] Howlett added that No Tourists will display the same amount of aggression as previous albums, "but in a different way".[6] The album contains several collaborations from other artists.[6]