In Amber, the upcoming new album from Hercules & Love Affair, appears to be breaking new floor for the enduring dance act led by Andy Butler. Lead single Grace showcased Butler’s voice like by no means earlier than, whereas Toxic Storytelling noticed Butler reunite with frequent collaborator and finest pal ANOHNI on what could also be Love Affair’s most sweepingly cinematic work so far. ANOHNI can be a higher presence on the album, a type of return to Hercules & Love Affair’s roots by a extra wizened lens. Throughout a current interview with us, Butler himself confirmed how In Amber continues the trajectory of Hercules & Love Affair’s exploration of digital music as a medium of queer expression, this time extending the journey towards areas comparable to post-punk and goth.
One, the newest single to be shared from In Amber, leans into the darker influences Butler pointed on In Amber. Constructed round a reverberating, throbbing and primordial bassline, ANOHNI performs a type of incantation that’s half folk-song, half musical theatre monologue. One blossoms into an epic disco led refrain, but it surely’s not simply outlined. The monitor traverses influences and aesthetic qualities, from the melodrama of pantomime to the grit of historical battle hymns. Gothic harpsichord keys chime out on the music’s conclusion, ominous and rooted in a type of unusual, primeval power that Butler appears to be channelling in spades throughout this new period.
Hearken to One under. In Amber is out June seventeenth, pre-order the album right here. Look out for our upcoming podcast with Hercules & Love Affair coming quickly.
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