''Tomorrowland'' is the fourth

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singer-songwriter

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, released on September 18, 2012. The album was recorded in

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with producer

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and was self-released through Bingham's new independent record label Axster Bingham Records.

Release

The album's release on Bingham's own label comes following his departure from

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for his first three albums. His deal with Lost Highway started as an artist development contract that came to an end with '' Junky Star'' and Bingham decided to use social-networking sites like

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and

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to promote his newly recorded materials, like ''Tomorrowland'' directly to fans online and at his live shows. In an interview with ''

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'', Bingham also revealed the label he formed with his wife Anna Axster is designed to allow them to focus more on the creative side of music, rather than the "corporate record world."

Promotion

Roughly two weeks prior to the album's release, tracks from the album were previewed online by magazines ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. ''Entertainment Weekly'' featured the song "Beg for Broken Legs" on its Music Mix blog starting September 5, 2012. For twenty-four hours starting on September 6, 2012, ''Rolling Stone'' featured "Guess Who's Knocking". On September 7, 2012, ''Glamour'' previewed "Flower Bomb" and included a brief "get-to-know" Bingham question-and-answer section for its readers in its Obsessed blog.

Track listing

Chart performance

References

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