In the span of 24 hours, the newly reunited Libertines have shared not one, but two new songs from their forthcoming record, Anthems for Doomed Youth: the album’s title track and “Glasgow Coma Scale Blues.”
The former song sounds uncharacteristically chilled-out — not to mention very optimistic — for the typically rollicking Brit-rock outfit (“Life can be so handsome / It’s all going to be OK”), while the latter is a harmony-fueled arena anthem that’s just the right amount of messy. Listen to both below, and look for the band’s first album in 11 years on, fittingly, September 11 (moved back a few days from its original expected release) via Harvest.