k-os has revealed a reissue of his third studio album Atlantis: Hymns for Disco. Titled Atlantis+, the expanded edition arrives digitally and as a 2LP blue vinyl set on May 3 via Universal Music Canada.
Originally released in Canada on October 10, 2006, and worldwide on February 20, 2007, Atlantis: Hymns for Disco achieved platinum sales certification in Canada on the strength of its single "Sunday Morning," and features contributions from Sam Roberts, Kevin Drew, Buck 65, Ian Kamau, Rahzel and Sebastien Grainger.
"After the conscious nature of Joyful Rebellion, I wanted to make a record that had a more pop sensibility and didn’t take itself that seriously," k-os reflects. "The formula and equation for Atlantis is … Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue."
For the album's vinyl debut and digital rerelease, the expanded Atlantis+ now features previously unreleased tracks "Chocolate Chewing Gum" (originally hidden following "Ballad of Noah"), "I FeLL 4 Her!," the "Block Party Mix" of "Sunday Morning," and "Invulnerable" — the last of which you can hear in the player below.
k-os offers of the unearthed track, "Invulnerable means 'impossible to damage' and I've found that if you love what you do and have gifts to offer the world… then you can absorb hate, apathy, negativity and shoot it back into the world transformed as a laser beam of inspiration."
The Atlantis+ reissue isn't all k-os has in store for 2024. A press release teases that the artist will share a new album titled Everyone in Your Dream Is You "later this year," which has been executive-produced by Drake. It will mark the first full-length LP from k-os since 2015's Can't Fly Without Gravity.
Additionally, Atlantis+ precedes forthcoming 2024 reissues of k-os's 2002 debut Exit and Joyful Rebellion. Last year, the former was nominated for the 2023 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize.
Until those arrive, k-os is currently touring in British Columbia, ahead of dates in Ontario this March. You can find his itinerary below, with further tour details here.
Atlantis+:
Side A
1. ELEctrik HeaT - the seekwiLL
2. The Rain
3. Fly Paper
4. Equalizer
5. Sunday Morning
Side B
1. Mirror In the Sky
2. Born to Run
3. Valhalla (feat. Kevin Drew and Sam Roberts)
4. Cat Diesel
Side C
1. Black Ice - Hymn For Disco
2. AquaCityBoy
3. Highway 7
4. The Ballad of Noah (feat. Ian Kamau and Buck 65)
5. Hidden Track Exposed: CCG (Chocolate Chewing Gum) *
Side D
1. I FeLL 4 Her! *
2. Sunday Morning (Block Party Mix) *
3. Invulnerable *
* previously unreleased
Pre-order Atlantis+.
k-os 2024 Tour Dates:
02/20 Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
02/22 Port Alberni, BC - Kinsmen Community Centre
02/23 Nanaimo, BC - The Queen's
02/24 Cumberland, BC - Waverley Hotel
02/25 Cumberland, BC - Waverley Hotel
03/16 Guelph, ON - Onyx
03/17 St. Catharines, ON - Warehouse Concert Hall
03/21 Sault Ste. Marie, ON - SOO Blaster
03/22 Sudbury, ON - The Grand
03/23 London, ON - Club Fuego
03/28 Kingston, ON - The Broom Factory
03/29 Barrie, ON - The Queens Hotel
03/30 Ottawa, ON - Berlin Nightclub