Escape the Chaos

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Escape the Chaos
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Studio album by
Released23 May 2025 (2025-05-23)
Studio
  • The Sewing Room (Surrey)
  • Hillside (London)
  • Silver Shark (Tooting)
  • Black Gate (Dublin)
  • Stable (Dunbar)
  • New Realm (London) [1]
Length47:58
Label 100%
Producer Ross Godfrey
Morcheeba chronology
Blackest Blue
(2021)
Escape the Chaos
(2025)
Singles from Escape the Chaos
  1. "Call for Love"
    Released: 21 January 2025
  2. "We Live and Die"
    Released: 25 February 2025
  3. "Peace of Me"
    Released: 8 April 2025

Escape the Chaos is the eleventh studio album by British electronic band Morcheeba. It was released on 23 May 2025 under 100% Records. It was preceded by three singles: "Call for Love", "We Live and Die", and "Peace of Me", which features rapper Oscar Worldpeace.

Contents

Background

Band member, singer and songwriter Skye Edwards revealed in a June 2023 interview that the band had begun working on their eleventh album with ten tracks in the demo phase. [2] Ross Godfrey stated, "This whole record is a process of trying to reconnect with what really matters [...] whether it's what in your heart or with the world, putting your feet on grass and feeling the earth beneath you". [3]

Promotion

Singles

Live performances

Morcheeba performed at the Concorde 2 in Brighton on 22 May 2025. [10]

Track listing

Escape the Chaos track listing [1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Call for Love"4:22
2."Elephant Clouds"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
  • Alex O'Keeffe
4:14
3."Peace of Me" (featuring Oscar Worldpeace)
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
  • Oscar Nyanin
2:44
4."We Live and Die"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
3:14
5."Far We Come"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
4:44
6."Molten"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
4:41
7."Bleeding Out"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
  • O'Keeffe
5:43
8."Cooler Heads"
  • Godfrey
  • Hush Counsell
2:11
9."Hold It Down"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
  • Jordan T. Hadfield
  • Steve Gordon
3:10
10."Dead to Me"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
4:10
11."Pareidolia" (featuring Amanda Zamolo)
  • Godfrey
  • Amanda Zamolo
3:44
12."Escape the Chaos"
  • Godfrey
  • Edwards
4:56
Total length:47:58

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [1]

Morcheeba

Additional musicians

  • Henry Law – drum programming (tracks 1, 11, 12), ambience (11)
  • Alex O'Keeffe – drum programming, sample programming (tracks 2, 7); Super 6 synthesisers (7); string arrangements, brass arrangements (4, 6)
  • Jaega McKenna-Gordon – drums (tracks 2, 9), drum fills (4), backing vocals (9)
  • Steve Gordon – bass (tracks 2, 6, 9), backing vocals (9)
  • Oscar Worldpeace – vocals (track 3)
  • Juanito – tambor alegre  [ es ] (track 3)
  • Alex Cornish – viola, violins (tracks 4, 6)
  • Idris Rahmantenor saxophone, baritone saxophone (tracks 4, 6)
  • Robin Hopcraft – trumpet (tracks 4, 6), trombone (4) flugelhorn (6)
  • Ghilli Gordon – Fender Rhodes piano (track 4)
  • Hush Counsell – drum programming, sample programming (track 8)
  • Jordan T. Hadfield – piano, backing vocals (track 9)
  • Edmund Adonis – congas, percussion (track 9)
  • Nina – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Amy – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Arla-Rose – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Tagaranyika Mhizha – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Margo Raats – backing vocals (track 9)
  • Amanda Zamolo – vocals (track 11)
  • El Leon Pardo – gaita (track 11)
  • Mr. Six – decks (track 11)

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for Escape the Chaos
Chart (2025)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 197
French Albums (SNEP) [12] 72
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 23
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [14] 18
UK Albums (OCC) [15] 71
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 9

References

  1. 1 2 3 Escape the Chaos (Media notes). Morcheeba. 100% Records. 23 May 2025.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Ritman, Alex (30 June 2023). "Karlovy Vary: Morcheeba Singer Skye on Her First Film Festival and a Potential Collaboration With Russell Crowe". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  3. Linazasoro, Nick (8 April 2025). "Morcheeba announce new album & 30th anniversary Brighton concert". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  4. Liberty Dunworth (21 January 2025). "Morcheeba mark 30 years with reflective new single 'Call For Love': "The world is so confusing and complicated right now"". NME. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  5. "Morcheeba - Call For Love (Official Audio)". YouTube. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  6. Reilly, Nick (26 February 2025). "Morcheeba announce new album Escape the Chaos". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  7. "Morcheeba - We Live and Die". Spotify. 28 February 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  8. Stickler, Jon (8 April 2025). "Morcheeba Post New Single Peace Of Me". Stereoboard. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  9. "Morcheeba - Peace Of Me (feat. Oscar #Worldpeace) [Official Video]". YouTube. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  10. Linazasoro, Nick (8 April 2025). "Morcheeba announce new album & 30th anniversary Brighton concert". Brighton and Hove News. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  11. "Ultratop.be – Morcheeba – Escape the Chaos" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  12. "Top Albums (Week 22, 2025)". SNEP . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  13. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Morcheeba – Escape the Chaos". Hung Medien. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  15. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
  16. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 31 May 2025.