THERAPY? To Perform Entire 'Troublegum' Album At U.K.'s SONISPHERE

Irish rockers THERAPY? will perform their 1994 album "Troublegum" in its entirety for the first time at the U.K. edition of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1 at Knebworth Park.

Commented bassist Michael McKeegan: "With it being the band’s 20th anniversary, we wanted to do something a bit different, so we got together with the promoters and thought this might be an interesting setlist for the audience and a bit of a challenge for us."

He added, "Some of these tracks we haven't played for more than 10 years. There's actually one song on there I think we've only ever played live once before."

Released in March 2009 via Global Music, THERAPY?'s latest album, "Crooked Timber", was produced by Andy Gill, a founding member and guitarist for the English rock group GANG OF FOUR, considered among the most influential post-punk bands. Gill also produced much of GANG OF FOUR's output, and albums for many other artists, including the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, THE JESUS LIZARD, THE STRANGLERS, THE FUTUREHEADS, MICHAEL HUTCHENCE, KILLING JOKE and THE YOUNG KNIVES.

According to the group, "Crooked Timber" focuses more on rhythm, rather than melody. While it is a heavy recording, it’s not exactly the obvious path for THERAPY? Frontman Andy Cairns explained: "I guess we're always challenging just what makes us THERAPY? After so many years, if we were formulaic about it, we'd have gotten bored with the band long ago. The album was written together as a band, and each track has its own concept and inspirations. They took a while to write and we've taken our time to write them."