What begins with a deceptively gentle piano intro soon bursts into one of SPLAT!’s most unpredictable and exhilarating moments – and one of Ian Gillan’s most memorable vocal performances on the album.
LISTEN TO GUILT TRIPPIN’ & WATCH THE VIDEO
Ian Gillan on recording Guilt Trippin’: “The song starts, and I’m in the studio. I don’t have any words for it yet. So I just start screaming. It was the pure joy of yelling it. I vowed when I was 40 that I’d stop screaming by the time I was 60. Now I’m looking back and thinking, ‘Whatever happened to that?’ So we’ll give it a go.”
Behind the music lies another one of SPLAT!’s wonderfully bizarre stories. Guilt Trippin’ imagines God and Charles Darwin sharing a drink in a pub, reflecting on how things on earth have not exactly worked out according to plan.
The accompanying video follows a fly and a sycamore-seed spaceship on a wild ride through the increasingly absurd and dreamlike world of SPLAT!.
Collectors can look forward to a special physical release. Guilt Trippin’ is now available for pre-order on limited CD and limited 12-inch vinyl (silver & blue splatter), featuring previously unreleased live recordings of Portable Door and Anya, captured during Deep Purple’s 2024 tour in support of their chart-topping album =1.
Deep Purple are currently on a major run of European summer dates before the SPLAT! World Tour heads to North America. Tickets are available via Deep Purple’s official website.
SPLAT! will be released on July 3rdon earMUSIC and is available for pre-order in multiple formats including CD, vinyl, and limited editions. Further exclusive fan items are only available on the official SPLAT! shop.
SPLAT!
Album Release: July 3rd, 2026
GUILT TRIPPIN’
Single Release: June 24th, 2026
Formats:
· CD (Digisleeve)
· 2LP (black, 180g, Gtf.)
· Ltd. Purple 2LP (180g, Gtf.)
· Ltd. Transparent Yellow 2LP (180g, Gtf.)
· Ltd. Box Set
· Digital
Box Set Content
· 2LP Gatefold (180g)
· 12-page vinyl-sized booklet
· CD Digisleeve
· 3 exclusive 10-inch vinyl records featuring live recordings from the Deep Purple Tour 2024
· Exclusive 7-inch single featuring bonus track “GUINNESIS” (not included on the studio album!)
Track listing (CD/2LP):
Side A
1. Arrogant Boy
2. Diablo
3. The Rider
4. The Lunatic
Side B
5. The Only Horse In Town
6. Sacred Land
7. The Beating Of Wings
Side C
8. Guilt Trippin’
9. Scriblin’ Gib’rish
10. Jessica’s Bra
Side D
11. Third Call
12. My New Movie
13. Splat!
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