WATCH: Empire Of The Sun unveil fantastical ‘High & Low’ video
Reveal new video for ‘High & Low’ – WATCH
New album Two Vines out October 28th
Available for pre-order now
(Virgin EMI)
Alt-electro pioneers Empire Of The Sun today invite us into their trippy garden of unearthly bliss as they share the video for their track ‘High & Low’. The track is lifted from the forthcoming third studio album, Two Vines, set for release on October 28th and available to pre-order now.
Directed and produced by Empire Of The Sun in partnership with Roof Studios, Sunset and Bill Yukich, the video for ‘High & Low’ is a psychedelic journey through space and time, through a waterfall of dreams, beyond the white light of an ice curtain where in lies a lush, green world where an intricate living forest and ancient wisdom form to create an out of body experience.
“Imagination is something that we’ve always nurtured and promoted and however one achieves that ecstatic madness of being is fine. It can be love to some people, it can be taking a walk in nature, or it can be scaling the heights of a psychedelic experience. As artists we like to live on the edge. I guess this song is about finding some equilibrium there.” Says Nick Littlemore of the track
Watch ‘High & Low’ video
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.
ABOUT EMPIRE OF THE SUN
In 2008, two of Australia’s leading musician/producers LUKE STEELE (The Sleepy Jackson) and NICHOLAS LITTLEMORE (Pnau) created a vision that seemed to come from an alternative reality – a post-apocalyptic psychedelic adventure known as EMPIRE OF THE SUN. The resulting album Walking On A Dream went on to sell 1.5 million copies worldwide. 8 ARIA awards (including Album of The Year, Single of the Year and Best Group), 2 BRIT nominations (including Best International Album), and many accolades followed. To date the band have sold 3 million copies of their albums Walking On A Dream and Ice On The Dune, and have reached Multi-Platinum status with global singles Alive, We Are The People and Walking On A Dream (which has just been certified platinum – 1 million sales – in the US). Empire Of The Sun’s sophomore album Ice On The Dune debuted at # 3 in Australia and achieved peak chart positions of #2 in South Africa and Mexico, #3 in France, Italy, and Switzerland, #8 in UK, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Austria and Netherlands, Top 20 in the US.
Empire Of The Sun – Two Vines is released October 28th on Virgin EMI
Two Vines tracklist:
01 Before
02 High and Low
03 Two Vines
04 Friends
05 There’s No Need
06 Way to Go
07 Ride
08 Digital Life
09 First Crush
10 ZZZ
11 To Her Door