Empire Of The Sun have announced their third studio album Two Vines to be released on October 28, 2016.
High & Low is the first song to be released from the album has just premiered on LA’s KROQ radio and tomorrow the title track Two Vines will get its world premiere on triple J.
“There was an image we talked about very early on with this record, before we wrote the title track, Two Vines, and that was this image of a modern city overtaken by jungle, almost like mother nature taking back the planet,” says Nicholas Littlemore, the co-pilot with Luke Steele of this fantastic vessel of electro-futurist sound and vision. “All the buildings will turn back to sand. All it will be is nature again. We wanted to make something that reflected the beauty of that.”
Recorded in Hawaii and Los Angeles, Two Vines is co-produced by Empire Of The Sun and Peter Mayes (Sia, The Killers, Mika), alongside Long term collaborator, Donnie Sloan (Midnight To Monaco) and it sees the creative circle expanding, with esteemed pianist/arranger Henry Hey and bassist Tim Lefebvre, from David Bowie’s Blackstar band, featuring heavily on the album. Factor in Wendy Melvoin from Prince’s Revolution and Fleetwood Mac’s genius guitarist/vocalist Lindsey Buckingham, and the Empire’s rainbow has never been so vast and colourful.
“Going to Hawaii to record was the best idea,” says Luke Steele of sessions at Honolulu’s Avex Studios — where Kanye West holed-up to make My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. “That was the catalyst for me. I’d spend the morning surfing then roll in and make music into the night.”
To pre-order Empire Of the Sun’s Two Vines head here.
