BANKS & STEELZ RELEASE “GIANT” FROM FORTHCOMING ALBUM, ANYTHING BUT WORDS(OUT 8/26)

JUNE10, 2016: BURBANK, CA:
Banks & Steelz—a musical collaboration between Wu Tang Clan’s RZA and Interpol’s Paul Banks — have released “Giant,” the second track and official single from their forthcomingalbum Anything But Words.
Produced by John Hill and Kid Harpoon (Florence + The Machine), “Giant” premiered yesterday after an exclusive interview with Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 program:
The new song can be heard in a trailer for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, a new video game that will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. “Giant” follows the first look from the August 26th album, “Love and War.” Watch the Arms Race-directed video HERE.

Banks & Steelz simultaneously revealed the album’s track-listing – which features appearances by Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine,Kool Keith, and Wu Tan Clan’s GhostfaceKillah, Method Man, and MastaKilla – in addition to a series of tour and festival dates through October (see below).

RZA and Banks first began working on music together in 2013. RZA told Rolling Stone at the time that the idea to collaborate with the Interpol frontmansparked after RZA’s manager asked him who he wanted to do an album with. “When I met Paul, I recognized the New York energy he has as a music artist,” RZA says.“We got to know each other playing chess and vibing out in the studio. Our talents connected in a unique way and we started writing songs. The outcome was something distinctively different from my previous work, yet with another layer of cool.”

Anything But Wordstracklisting:

  1. Giant
  2. Ana Electronic
  3. Sword In The Stone (Feat. Kool Keith)
  4. Speedway Sonora
  5. Wild Season (Feat. Florence Welch)
  6. Anything but Words
  7. Conceal
  8. Love and War (Feat. GhostfaceKillah)
  9. Can’t Hardly Feel
  10. One by One
  11. Gonna Make It
  12. Point of View (Feat. Method Man and MastaKilla)

Tour dates:

DATES / CITY/STATE / VENUE/EVENT
Thu 7/21 / West Hollywood, CA / The Roxy Theatre / TICKETS
Wed 8/24 / Seattle, WA / The Crocodile / TICKETS
Thu 8/25 / Portland, OR / Doug Fir Lounge / TICKETS
Sat 8/27 / San Francisco, CA / The Independent / TICKETS
Sun 8/28 / Los Angeles, CA / FYF Festival / TICKETS
Wed 8/31 / Washington, D.C. / 9:30Club / TICKETS
Thu 9/1 / New York, NY / Bowery Ballroom / TICKETS
Sat 9/3 / Cambridge, MA / The Sinclair / TICKETS
Tue 9/6 / Toronto, ONT / The Mod Club Theatre / TICKETS
Thu 9/8 / Chicago, IL / Lincoln Hall / TICKETS
Fri 9/23 – Sun 9/25 / Las Vegas, NV / Life Is Beautiful / TICKETS
Tue 9/27 / Boulder, CO / Fox Theatre / TICKETS
Fri 9/30 – Sun 10/2 / Austin, TX / Austin City Limits / TICKETS
Fri 10/7 – Sun 10/9 / Austin, TX / Austin City Limits / TICKETS
Sun 10/9 / Phoenix, AZ / The Crescent Ballroom / TICKETS

Anything But Words is available now for pre-order at iTunes, Google, and Amazon.

“Giant” is available now atApple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Soundcloudand YouTube.

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