Phoenix stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to show off their recent single “Alpha Zulu.” The bouncy, post-disco track comes offAlpha Zulu, Phoenix’s new LP, out Nov. 4 viaLoyaute/Glassnote Records.
Alpha Zuluwas produced by Phoenix and recorded in Paris’Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The band droppedtitle trackback in June, and followed with “Tonight,” which features Ezra Koenig. According to a press release, frontman Thomas Mars was inspired to write the track by the phrase “alpha zulu,” which he “heard a pilot repeating over the radio during a turbulent flight in a storm.” The LPwill mark the group’s first in five years following 2017’sTi Amo.
Phoenix is currently on a North American headlining tour in support of the new music. The trek wraps Oct. 18 at the Pepsi Center in Mexico City. A string of European and U.K. dates will follow. The band will also perform at Austin City Limits in October.