The album is available to stream now, with an expanded digital edition, as well as vinyl and CD versions, set to follow on October 23. Fans can pre-order those here. The first 250 vinyl orders will also receive a photograph signed by all three band members.
‘Hidden In Pieces Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ primarily draws from the band’s two nights at the London venue in June last year, alongside recordings captured in San Diego, Chicago and New York during their intimate 25th-anniversary theatre tour.
Announcing the release, Karen O has said the tour “was born out of a need to commune with our band and fan family in 2025, after the election”.
“In the past, YYYs haven’t often chosen when to be back at it and out there, it often chooses us,” she continued. “It, being the times. We turn to live music when we need that specific quality of depth and light to see us through the times.”
‘Hidden In Pieces Live At The Royal Albert Hall’ tracklist:
‘In Heaven’
‘Blacktop’
‘Gold Lion’
‘Hyperballad’
‘Cheated Hearts’
‘Isis’
‘Warrior’
‘Skeletons’
‘Runaway’
‘Spitting Off The Edge Of The World’
‘Mars’
‘Maps’
‘Zero’
‘Y Control’ (Live in San Diego)
‘Let Me Know’ (Live in San Diego)
‘Hysteric’ (Live at the Beacon Theatre)
‘Despair’ (Live at the Chicago Theatre)
‘Little Shadows’ (Live in San Diego)
A 22-minute black-and-white visual companion titled Hidden In Pieces has also been released on the Criterion Channel. Directed by Barnaby Clay, the film was recorded at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles during the tour and captures the reworked material in an intimate live setting.
