De Lux Release ‘Morning Misses Me’ + Video (Innovative Leisure)

“exhilarating synthesis of synth-funk, lo-fi pop and ’80s new wave” Line of Best Fit

“Somewhere between The Rapture, Chic, and Talking Heads” Stereogum

Following the release of ‘New Summers’ last month, De Lux drop new single Morning Misses Me from their upcoming album Do You Need A Release?  They had this to say on the gorgeous piano ballad, out today via Innovative Leisure: “This song is about forever being a night owl. No matter the noise or the time, mornings are always missed.”

Do You Need A Release? is De Lux at their poppiest, their prettiest, danciest, but also their most abrasive. The record is built on an uncomfortable bed of tension which when released is immediately satisfying in unpredictable and surprising ways. The verses often pummel you with aggressive beats and grooves only to blossom into open, encouraging, and even angelic refrains. Or the other way around, like in first single ‘New Summers,’ where the choruses don’t resolve, and the drums are a never-ending buildup that disorients you—reminding you that summer will never be the same again.

Do You Need A Release? is filled with questions and not answers, but each riddle is its own answer as pseudo-philosophical as that can sound. While Sean Guerin’s lyrics are filled with uncertainty and affirmation, the irony is that the grooves are as solid as they’ve ever been. De Lux matters because they make music to dance to and be inspired by—they exist to ask us the questions we’re often too afraid to move our bodies to. That may sound hyperbolic but their ambitions are not an exaggeration. With no pun intended, Do You Need A Release? comes out this September 23rd via Innovative Leisure.

De Lux are Sean Guerin and Isaac Franco. Their live band joined them on the recording of this album.