Oh Wonder release new track, ‘Don’t You Worry’, from ‘Home Tapes’ project
Oh Wonder Release new track, ‘Don’t You Worry’,
from ‘Home Tapes’ project
Watch the video for ‘Oceansize’ now
“The duo of the moment…a band to be alone with” The Times Oh Wonder continue their acclaimed ‘Home Tapes’ project this week with ‘Don’t You Worry’: their fifth song written, self-produced and released during isolation. The band have also unveiled a further fan-generated video for one of the series’ highlights, ‘I Like It When You Love Me’ (following thousands of entries worldwide), with their feature on the new album from Kygo — ‘How Would I Know’ – out recently too. ‘Don’t You Worry’ is a beautifully stripped-back love song about the intimacy and connection still possible under lockdown. Like everything Oh Wonder touch, it’s a feeling both deeply of the present moment (“we walked the city streets at midnight as the world went quiet”) but also rooted in classic, timeless songwriting.
Listen to ‘Don’t You Worry’ HERE
A vivid snapshot of their 2020, ‘Home Tapes’ has taken on suitably unexpected forms for Oh Wonder. The project began with the existential, electronic-leaning ‘Lonely Star’ before – like many of us – reflecting the more day-to-day frustrations of isolation:
‘Keep On Dancing’ was a stoically upbeat anthem about having to cancel your birthday party, whilst the meditative ‘Oceansize’ spoke of the yearning for space and nature as the lockdown extended. Throughout, as ‘I Like It When You Love Me’ and ‘Don’t You Worry’ suggest, Oh Wonder have put the highs and lows of modern relationships under the microscope, too (their own included). Despite extreme circumstances, Oh Wonder are no strangers to life under relative lockdown.
Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht first started the band much in the manner of ‘Home Tapes’ – writing, producing and recording everything DIY, with aim of releasing a song a month morphing into their debut album, a romantic relationship, and a career that continues to astound the couple. Not to mention, of course, two top 10 records (including February’s ‘No One Else Can Wear Your Crown’), a million sales, and over a billion streams. Whilst the band were poised for a mammoth world tour all through this year – including a homecoming show at Brixton Academy – Oh Wonder’s ever self-sufficient streak has found a truly creative outlet in ‘Home Tapes’. Here are a band reaching back to their roots whilst still, in their own unabashed way, setting the agenda where others follow.
Oh Wonder’s extensive world tour is currently being rerouted for 2021, with further information to follow soon.
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