Dev Hynes Announces New Blood Orange Album
Previewing ‘Essex Honey”s imminent release in an Instagram video.
Summary
- As revealed in an Instagram post, Dev Hynes has a new Blood Orange album in the works
- The imminent new LP is entitled Essex Honey
- While details (including a release date) still remain under wraps, the project is confirmed to feature contributions from Daniel Caesar, Lorde, Caroline Polachek and many others
After building up to this announcement for a while now, by way of new releases and a headlining tour announcement, Dev Hynes has properly revealed that there’s a new Blood Orange album on the way.
“I made an album,” Hynes captioned the below Instagram video, in which he broke the news on his new LP: Essex Honey.
“The silence that followed was horrible. I remember being at home a few months after, listening to Sufjan’s ‘Fourth of July’ on my laptop. I’m reminded of how comforting music can be. The loss I had suffered, combined with this feeling, took me back to a beginning,” read the red letters on the bottom of the screen as footage of London’s landscapes flash across the screen, intermingled between clips of Hynes hard at work.
“You hear music you like, you’re comforted by it, then you try and copy it. At least that’s how I learnt. I think I listen to more music now than I ever did. So now, after some time away, I have an album ready. It talks about grief, England, youth, and music.”
“It features contributions from Cæcilie Trier, Caroline Polachek, Tirzah, Mabe Fratti, Mustafa, Turnstile‘s Brendan Yates, Lorde, Eva Tolkin, Ian Isiah, Liam Benzvi, Tariq Al-Sabir, Zadie Smith, Charlotte Dos Santos, Daniel Caesar, The Durutti Column and more.”
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While a tracklist and release date for Essex Honey have yet to be locked down, stay tuned as more information on the album surfaces.
