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Rough Trade Records will release the deluxe edition of Sound & Color, Alabama Shakes’ groundbreaking, sophomore, GRAMMY-winning 2015 album, on Oct 29th. The repackaged set – available in digital, CD and 2-disc vinyl formats – will feature seven bonus tracks pulled from unreleased studio material, b-sides and live recordings plus reimagined artwork by GRAMMY-winning art director Frank Harkins and new photos.

Originally released in April 2015, Sound & Color debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. After landing on the “Best of 2015” lists of numerous publications, including The New York Times, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, it went on to win a GRAMMY Award for Best Alternative Music Album and was named the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The single “Don’t Wanna Fight” took honours in the Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song categories. Alabama Shakes were also nominated for Best International Group at the 2016 BRIT Awards

Alabama Shakes co-produced the album alongside Blake Mills (Bob Dylan, Perfume Genius). Mainly recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studios, Sound & Color also found the band joining forces with engineer/mixer Shawn Everett (Beck, The War on Drugs, Kacey Musgraves). As they brought the album’s finely detailed tracks to life, Alabama Shakes let their most playful impulses run free.