With his eagerly-awaited new album landing later next month, Hayden Thorpe has now dropped the next cut to be lifted from his forthcoming full-length.
The new single 'He' comes accompanied by a stunning new video, directed by Sam Potter, and follows on from the previously shared lead track 'They' in previewing his new LP 'Ness', which is out on the 27th September via Domino.
Speaking about the new offering, he said, “I loved the swagger and strut of Rob’s lines in the He chapter, they immediately brought to mind the cock-sure attitude of a Rolling Stones track. I went about creating a jaunty let-it-all-hang-out sort of song. It’s a maximalist approach - the more I gave it, the greedier it got. Production wise this was probably the biggest undertaking. You know things have gotten broad when you’re miking up a sackbut (a 15th century early trombone) and a spinet (a small 17th century harpsichord). It was a lot of fun working with Propellor’s brass section and the recording became a crash course in studio engineering. The power and drama of orchestral waveforms rubbing up against modern sounds are a haunted house for the ear.
"The track begins with a sample of Rob reading. I became really interested in that netherworld between word and song. Under Milk Wood and Ulysses both operate similarly - the lines are almost melodic. I wanted to reveal the innerworkings of that process.”
Watch the new video for 'He' in the player below.
