Deep Purple's "Splat!" is out today as a single, with the official video having premiered Thursday on the earMUSIC YouTube channel. It's the title track and closing number of the band's current album, SPLAT!, which came out July 3.

The album's concept comes from singer Ian Gillan: instead of treating the end as destruction, it imagines it as a transformation beyond physical existence, and the title track brings that idea full circle. SPLAT! is the band's 24th studio album, recorded with producer Bob Ezrin, and follows four straight studio albums that each hit Number 1 in multiple countries. Earlier singles were "Arrogant Boy," "Diablob" and "Guilt Trippin'."

Collectors can pre-order a limited edition: CD Digisleeve (3,000 copies) and 12-inch crystal clear vinyl (180g, 45 rpm, 2,500 copies). Both include two previously unreleased live recordings from Montreux Jazz Festival on July 13: "Scriblin' Gib'rish" and "Guinnesis" (the latter otherwise only on the SPLAT! box set).

The band is on the European arena leg of the SPLAT! World Tour, 86 shows across 28 countries on three continents, finishing in South America in December. Tickets at http://deeppurple.com.

Links: stream/pre-order https://deeppurple.lnk.to/Ltd.Splat | album https://deeppurple.lnk.to/SPLAT