The Fall Announce Final Album 'Post Script' for
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- The Fall announced their final album "Post Script," set for mid-September release on Cog Sinister Records, with lead single "30 Degrees" out now
- Mark E. Smith, who died of lung and kidney cancer eight years ago, co-wrote "30 Degrees" with bandmates Simon Archer and Ed Blaney in Salford, England
- "Post Script" contains nine tracks and marks the band's first full-length release since 2017's "New Facts Emerge"
- The band released a box set of live performances in 2018 and a live album in 2021
- Excavate! The Wonderful and Frightening World of The Fall, a book on the band, was published the same year as the live album
Why it matters: Eight years after Mark E. Smith's death, the band is explicitly closing its recorded catalog with an album labeled "final." The tracklist reinforces the framing — "So Long," "Final Position," "The Book" — signaling a deliberate farewell rather than just another archival release.
