This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake, phrase extraite du titre "Push It" en 1998, et c'est aussi le titre du livre officiel de Garbage, écrit en collaboration avec Jason Cohen (journaliste au magazine américain Rolling Stone) et à paraître le 11 juillet 2017 aux éditions Akashic Books, en anglais et au prix de 27 € pour 170 pages (tel qu'il est présenté en précommande sur amazon). 
En couverture, le groupe photographié par Lindsay Byrnes en avril 2016 sur le tournage de leur clip vidéo "Empty", premier single extrait de leur dernier album "Strange Little Birds". 

Déjà, un extrait circule: Butch Vig, batteur: “It was 1995, we were finishing our debut album, and I was stressed. A lot of music business people had told me it was a mistake to give up full-time music production to start a band. So I ignored them all and took a leap of faith. The simplest reason was that I just wanted to be in a band with my friends. I’d been playing with Duke and Steve for several years, and now we had a new beginning with an X factor: a Scottish singer named Shirley. She seemed like a good fit for our little club of misfits. So we all took that leap.”

Strange Little Birds 

2016 
Empty
premier single
chanson n°2 de l'album

Enregistrement: La chanson est extraite du sixième album studio du groupe, sorti le 10 juin 2016 sur le label indépendant Stunvolume et dont l'enregistrement et la composition a pris deux ans, entre 2013 et 2015.

Composition: Selon Shirley Manson: "Empty is just exactly what it says it is. A song about emptiness". ("Empty est exactement ce qu'il dit qu'il est. Une chanson sur le vide."). Pour Butch Vig, la chanson est du pur et classique Garbage, avec ses riffs de guitare et les battements de batterie.

Paroles
I've been feeling so frustrated
I'll never be as great as I want to be
Everyone that I run into
The ones you always seem so into
What's wrong with me ?

They all seem to know exactly what it is they want
They pass me, they smile as they go
So I work at staying patient
Good things come to those that wait
Or so they say

I'm so empty
You're all I'm thinking about, about
Oh oh, about, about
Oh oh oh, about, about
Oh oh oh, about, about

I get tired of trying
Ideas die on the vine
And I feel like a fake
I lie awake believing
That somehow I keep failing
I rail and I ache
At the monsters and the demons
I've wrestled with for eons
And I want to destroy

I'm so empty
You're all I talk about
Oh oh oh, about
You're all I talk about

Every day, every hour of the night
You're all I think about
Every day, every hour of the night
You're all I dream about
Every day, every hour of the night
You're all I think about
You're all I think about

I'm so empty
I'm so empty
I'm so empty
You're all I'm thinking about
About, about, oh oh oh, about
I'm so empty

Traduction
Je me suis sentie si frustrée
Je ne serai jamais aussi génial
que je veux l'être
Chaque personne que je rencontre
Ceux sur lesquelles tu sembles toujours être
Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec moi ?

Ils semblent tous exactement savoir
ce qu'ils veulent, ils me dépassent
Ils sourient en partant
Donc je m'emploie à rester patiente
Les bonnes choses viennent à ceux qui attendent
Ou alors ils disent

Je suis si vide
Je ne pense qu'à toi

Je suis fatiguée d'essayer
Les projets meurent sur la vigne
Et je me sens comme fausse
Je reste éveillée croyant
Que d'une manière ou d'une autre je continue à échouer
Je m'entoure d'une barrière et j'ai mal
Aux monstres et aux démons
Contre lesquels j'ai lutté depuis le temps
Et que je veux détruire

Je suis si vide
Tu es tout ce dont je parle

Chaque jour, chaque heure de la nuit
Je ne pense qu'à toi
Chaque jour, chaque heure de la nuit
Tu es tout ce dont je rêve
Chaque jour, chaque heure de la nuit
Je ne pense qu'à toi

Je suis si vide
Je ne pense qu'à toi
Je suis si vide.

Le single: Le single, sorti uniquement en format digital, était disponible sur les plateformes de téléchargement dès le 20 avril 2016.
Le groupe a annoncé la sortie du single sur leur compte Twitter le 16 avril:

Dans les charts: le titre atteint la 39ème place dans le US Alternative Songs de Billboard (aux Etats-Unis).

Le clip vidéo: Le clip est réalisé par Samuel Bayer, à qui l'on doit les premiers clips vidéos du groupe (Vow, Only Happy When It Rains et Stupid Girl, extraits de leur premier album éponyme "Garbage" en 1996). Dévoilé le 23 mai 2016, la vidéo reprend d'ailleurs le même contexte que leur premier clip "Vow" de 1995, sans doute car le groupe a repris les codes musicaux de leur premier album pour leur grand retour («Pour moi, ce disque, assez bizarrement, a plus à voir avec le premier qu’avec nos albums plus récents. Il revient à cet état d’esprit du début.» a commenté Shirley Manson); dans la vidéo, on y voit donc le groupe jouer la chanson dans une grande pièce au sol bétonné (comme pour "Vow"); mais ici, ils sont éclairés de spots de lumières de différentes couleurs (qui nous rappelent la vidéo de "Milk"), et où les caméras tournent vite autour d'eux, à 360 degrés, pendant que Shirley Manson secoue ses cheveux roses, filmée au ralentie.

> vidéo

> captures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

> Sur le tournage - captures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

> photographies
   
   

> making of

La promo- Performances télés - Le groupe a interprété à ce jour le titre en live dans une seule émissions TV -en France- (rdv dans la catégorie 2016 Promo Strange Little Birds ):

> C à Vous - 25 mai 2016

> Sur le web:
article Empty wikipedia 

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Garbage Album Tour

22 avril 1996
9:30 Club
Washington, District de Columbia
USA

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

 1. Queer
2. Fix Me Now
    3. Not My Idea
   4. Dog New Tricks
5. My Lover's Box
6. Milk
7. Supervixen
8. Stupid Girl
9. Trip My Wire
10. Only Happy When It Rains
11. Vow
12. Subhuman
13. Kick My Ass
14. Girl Don't Come

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Garbage Album Tour

21 avril 1996
Classic Ampitheatre
Richmond, Virginie
USA

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

 - ? -

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Garbage Album Tour

19 avril 1996
Roseland
New York
USA

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

 - ? -

 Concert

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Strange Little Birds Tour

14 juin 2016  
Nottingham Rock City
Nottingham
Angleterre

Groupe

Shirley Manson (voix)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Matt Walker (batterie)
Eric Avery (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Pearl Harts -

Affiche

Setlist

1. Sometimes
2. Empty
    3. Stupid Girl
   4. Special
5. Blood For Poppies
6. Bleed Like Me
7. My Lovers Box
8. Sex Is Not The Enemy
9. A Stroke Of Luck
10. Control
11. #1 Crush
12. I Think I'm Paranoid
13. Battle In Me
14. Automatic Systematic Habit
15. The Trick Is To Keep Breathing
16. Blackout
17. Push It
18. Vow
19. Only Happy When It Rains

Rappel / Encore
20. Even Though Our Love Is Doomed
21. Why Do You Love Me
22. Cherry Lips

 > 14 juin 2016 - Publication sur Instagram 

Concert

> Ticket d'entrée
 

Backstage

- Le groupe & un fan -
 

> 16 juin 2016 - Publication sur Instagram
 
 

- live:  Sometimes / Empty -

Reviews

Garbage – Rock City, Nottingham (Live Review) 
15/06/2016 Thomas Miller Live Review - on VultureHound
Garbage have had an interesting and varied career since they first burst onto the alternative scene in 1995, formed by famed music producer Butch Vig and fronted by Scottish singer Shirley Manson; their debut album the self-titled Garbage sold over 4 million copies and hit Double Platinum in 1996.
Tonight the band finds themselves in deepest darkest Nottingham- Rock City to be precise (no matter how many times I walk through the doors at Rock City I’m reminded of how much I love the place. I’m sure I bang on about it every time I review a band here, I’m not sorry) and Rock City is packed; for some reason Shirley and the boys have only decided to do two UK dates on their new tour, one in London and one in Nottingham. How privileged I am to receive a VIP pass enabling me to watch the first 3 songs up close and personal from the comfort of the photo pit.
Garbage were born from Butch Vig remixing in the early 90s and as the band step on stage to opening track ‘Sometimes’ (also the opening track on the bands new album) the sub bass hit is enough to remind you of this fact, it’s loud, low and heavy. The band step on stage to a huge reaction from the crowd, a crowd that is certainly an eclectic mix. Unfortunately Butch Vig isn’t with the band tonight due to acute sinusitis. When you thought the Rock City crowd couldn’t get louder Shirley Manson steps out and the roof nearly gets blown off. Maybe this crowd is eclectic but one thing’s for sure they are certainly passionate and fired up.
Manson is a front woman of dreams; she is stylish, has a stand out voice, controls the stage and commands respect from fans and peers alike. Age seems to be having no bearing on this woman, she has an aggressive grace that was a very fashionable trait in the 90’s but seems to have made that look, style and attitude timeless. She prowls around her surroundings, circling around the stage like a caged animal, she is simply mesmerising; often staring down the crowd and at points it can feel quite intimidating.
Garbage play a solid set, their sound in this day and age doesn’t sound dated, it sounds unique. Their new album Strange Little Birds has some absolutely fantastic tunes on it that weave seamlessly into a set comprising of music made up from the past 3 decades. This for me was a real stand out gig, a band I have admired since my teens in a venue I adore with a crowd that is totally into it. Nights like this are magical and make me appreciate and feel blessed that I’m a live music fan.
 
Review: Garbage – Rock City, Nottingham – 14 June
Posted by Shannon Watson on 6/24/16 - on GetToTheFront
Garbage may have been around for over 20 years, but they’re still as popular as ever. With a sellout crowd packed into Rock City – Nottingham’s popular music venue – all eagerly waiting to see if their idols have still got it. The answer? A resounding yes!
Hitting the road in support of their latest, sixth studio album, Strange Little Birds, Garbage sounded excellent live, especially with new single, Blackout. As the album was released during the same week, not everyone was familiar with all tracks, but I’m certain next time each individual will be singing the words back to them.
Of course, everyone wanted to hear the classic singles like, Only Happens When It Rains, I Think I’m Paranoid and Stupid Girl – which saw Shirley Manson prowling around the stage like a caged animal, almost snarling down at the audience, which was great to watch. With Shirley as a lead singer, you know you’re onto a winner: a stylish, cracking voice with a little added attitude makes a recipe for success.
Each and every song got a fantastic reception, one of my favourites of the night was Sex Is Not The Enemy. I have only one query for Garbage. Why only the two dates in the UK? Based on your sellout performance, there would be a huge amount of people who would want to see such a great live band – so hurry back!

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 New York Magazine

pays magazine: Etats-Unis
date 03 juin 1996
Couverture "Feminism Rocks"
Article: "Feminism Amplified".

Garbage Album Tour

18 avril 1996
Avalon Ballroom
Boston, Massachusetts
Allemagne

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

 1. Queer
2. Fix Me Now
    3. Not My Idea
   4. Dog New Tricks
5. My Lover's Box
6. Milk
7. Supervixen
8. Stupid Girl
9. Trip My Wire
10. Only Happy When It Rains
11. Vow
12. Subhuman
13. Kick My Ass
14. Girl Don't Come

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Garbage Album Tour

17 avril 1996
Orpheum Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
USA

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

-?-

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Garbage Album Tour

16 avril 1996
Le Spectrum De Montreal
Montreal, Quebec
Canada

Groupe

Shirley Manson (chant, guitare)
Steeve Marker (guitare et clavier)
Duke Erikson (guitare et clavier)
Butch Vig (batterie)
Daniel Shulman (guitare basse)

- Première partie: Polara -

Setlist

-?-

Backstage

captures du documentaire "Thanks For Your Uhh, Support" (DVD Absolute Garbage) 
 
 
 

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