NEW MUSIC: New Tune 'There's No Future In Optimism' & Album News From Garbage!
- Tiana Speter
- 5 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
2025 has already been a mammoth year for icons releasing new music, and this week alone continues to bring the goods, with alt-rock swagger dealers Garbage returning today armed with a brand new track and some extremely exciting album news.
Confirming the release of a brand new album, Let All That We Imagine Be Light, set to drop on May 30 via BMG, Garbage have unleashed the record's first single There's No Future In Optimism; a fitting sentiment for 2025 in name alone, but also a churning resistance to wallowing in fatalism. Soundtracked by the trademark Garbage hooky haze and magnetic vocals courtesy of Shirley Manson, There's No Future In Optimism balances dystopian malaise with a hypnotic call-to-arms, also accompanied by a stunning music video that was helmed by Benjy Kirkman.
Acting as not only the lead single but also the opening track from the upcoming Let All That We Imagine Be Light, There's No Future In Optimism is a perfect balance of the nostalgic 90s grit and more modern persuasions, with Manson also delving into the track in the band's official press release:
“I love the title. The band sent it to me and I was like, “This is great. I’m keeping that.” But the lyrics are an action against that title. Because if we allow our fatalism or our negativity to really take over, we will crumble. It’s about a city, in my case, Los Angeles, but it could be anywhere where bad stuff is happening. After the George Floyd murder, which is one of few things in my life that I wish I’d never seen: I was changed entirely by seeing the footage of that cop kneeling on George Floyd’s neck. In Los Angeles there were huge protests and a lot of upheaval after that. Above our house in Hollywood, there were helicopters all day long, for days on end. It was really precarious, chaotic and terrifying.” - Shirly Manson
Garbage’s new album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light was recorded at Red Razor Sounds in Los Angeles, Butch Vig’s studio Grunge Is Dead, and Shirley Manson’s bedroom. The record was produced by the band and longtime engineer Billy Bush. The album is unmistakably Garbage and all the hallmarks and signatures for which they are known are present. Big angular guitars, precise, propulsive beats and cinematic soundscapes all lurk beneath Shirley Manson’s unmistakable voice, her lyrics bristling with attitude. This is the sound of a group at the peak of their creative powers - characteristically harnessing sonic juxtapositions and moods to create an album that thrums equally with both light and shade.
Garbage consists of all four original band members, Shirley Manson, Duke Erikson, Steve Marker and Butch Vig. Over the 30 years since their inception in 1995 they have sold over 20 million albums. Their unique sound, songwriting and electric live performances have inspired worldwide adoration, chart success and critical acclaim. They are considered one of the most influential bands of their generation.
THERE'S NO FUTURE IN OPTIMISM (SINGLE) - OUT NOW
LET ALL THAT WE IMAGINE BE LIGHT (ALBUM) - DUE OUT MAY 30
BY TIANA SPETER