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\n\tDeftones<\/a>\u2018 Private Music <\/em>is private music no longer, with the rock band dropping its 10th studio album on Friday (Aug. 21) for all the world to hear after more than a month of buildup.<\/p>\n \n\tLed by singles \u201cMy Mind Is a Mountain\u201d and \u201cMilk of the Madonna,\u201d Private Music <\/em>features 11 tracks total. The rest of the tracklist features \u201cLocked Club,\u201d \u201cEcdysis,\u201d \u201cInfinite Source,\u201d \u201cSouvenir\u201d \u201cCxz,\u201d \u201cI Think About You All the Time,\u201d \u201cCut Hands,\u201d \u201c~Metal Dream\u201d and \u201cDeparting the Body.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tRecorded and produced in part in Malibu and Joshua Tree in California, the project marks the bandmates\u2019 first full-length since 2020\u2019s Ohms<\/em>. Peaking at No. 5, the latter became Deftones\u2019 sixth top 10 hit on the Billboard 200<\/a>. <\/p>\n \n\tThe release of Private Music <\/em>comes about six weeks after the rockers first announced the album, sharing its simplistic cover art \u2014 an albino snake curled up on a bright green surface \u2014 on social media and writing simply, \u201cprivate music | out august 22.\u201d That same day, Deftones dropped \u201cMy Mind Is a Mountain,\u201d with \u201cMilk of Madonna\u201d arriving about one month later.<\/p>\n \n\tThe band has since been getting fans ready for the long-awaited new record by hosting a string of private listening parties leading up to Private Music<\/em>\u2018s release. The sessions took place Aug. 19-21 in Amsterdam, Mexico City, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, New York City, Sydney, Toronto, Vancouver, \n\tBefore that, the band kicked off a North American headline tour that has already included shows at NYC\u2019s famed Madison Square Garden and the Kia Forum in L.A. Next up, Deftones will play a string of dates in Canada \u2014 starting with a performance in Vancouver on Friday \u2014 followed by more shows in the U.S.<\/p>\n \n\tListen to Deftones\u2019 new album Private Music <\/em>below.<\/p>\n \n
Berlin, Paris and, of course, Deftones\u2019 home city of Sacramento.<\/p>\n