Jethro Tull Sets 24th Studio Album, ‘Curious Ruminant’

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Jethro Tull has announced a new studio album, Curious Ruminant, for 2025. The title, which follows the band’s recent burst of recording activity with releases in 2022 and 2023, arrives on March 7. The album features nine new tracks varying in length from two and half minutes to almost seventeen minutes (“Drink From the Same Well”). Joining Ian Anderson are former keyboardist Andrew Giddings and drummer James Duncan along with current band members David Goodier, John O’Hara, and Scott Hammond, and making his Tull recording debut, Jack Clark.

Curious Ruminant will be available on several different formats, including a Limited Deluxe Ultra Clear 180g 2LP + 2CD + Blu-ray Artbook & Limited Deluxe 2CD + Blu-ray Artbook. Both of these feature the main album, alternative stereo mixes & a Blu-ray containing Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Sound (once again undertaken by Bruce Soord of The Pineapple Thief), as well as exclusive interview material. The Limited Deluxe vinyl Artbook also includes 2 exclusive art prints. The album will also be available as a Special Edition CD Digipak and gatefold 180g LP. They’re available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here. [The single CD is available in the U.S. here.]

To coincide with the Jan. 10 announcement, Tull released a video for the album’s title track, directed by Costin Chioreanu.

Jethro Tull Curious Ruminant Track Listing
1. Puppet And The Puppet Master
2. Curious Ruminant
3. Dunsinane Hill
4. The Tipu House
5. Savannah of Paddington Green
6. Stygian Hand
7. Over Jerusalem
8. Drink From The Same Well
9. Interim Sleep

From the announcement: Anderson, 77, had been saying for months following the release of RökFlöte that he would embark on a new project in late 2023. He waited only a few weeks before the first notions began to solidify into some drafted words of intent and in May 2024, some unfinished music recorded earlier with John O’Hara, David Goodier and James Duncan became the starting point for the new songs as they took shape.

Writing the lyrics and melodies for all the newly written material came very quickly once he began in earnest during June and just seemed to slot right in to the musical feel and styles of the earlier recordings.

Some of the songs are developed from unfinished instrumental demos made some years ago. Apart from the signature flute solos and melodies, accordion, mandolin, acoustic and tenor guitars feature on several tracks too, so the subtle backdrop of acoustic and folk rock serves to remind of the Tull heritage of the 70s.

See Jethro Tull on tour. Tickets are available here and here.