Kasabian name new studio album 48:13 after running time

Kasabian have announced that their fifth studio album will be called, 48:13, after its running time.

The Leicester band have also released the names of the 13 tracks and revealed that it will be released on 9 June.

Eez-eh, the first single from the record, is out a week earlier.

In a statement on the band’s website, guitarist Sergio Pizzorno: “We had the confidence to be more direct, more honest. I started to strip away layers rather than to just keep adding.”

Speaking to Zane Lowe on his Radio 1 show on Monday night about their new music, the band said the next 18 months would be a “challenge”.

“We’ve been waiting for this for a long time and now it’s here, let’s just live it and roll with it and enjoy it,” they added.