Everything But The Girl have announced their first new studio album in over 24 years,
'Fuse', set to be released on April 21st.
Fans of the band's electronic soul sound will be pleased to hear that their new album is a modern take on their mid-90s work. The album was written and produced by
Ben Watt and
Tracey Thorn over the spring and summer of 2021. The first single off the album,
'Nothing Left to Lose' comes with an accompanying music video from director Charlie Di Placido, which you can check out below.
Speaking about the band's re-emergence and new album, Tracey said: "Ironically the finished sound of the new album was the last thing on our mind when we started in March 2021. Of course, we were aware of the pressures of such a long-awaited comeback, so we tried to begin instead in a spirit of open-minded playfulness, uncertain of the direction, receptive to invention."
The band wrote and produced the album over the spring-summer of 2021, recording in secret at home and in a small riverside studio outside Bath with friend and engineer Bruno Ellingham.
Ben explains, “It was exciting. A natural dynamism developed. We spoke in short-hand, and little looks, and co-wrote instinctively. It became more than the sum of our two selves. It just became Everything But The Girl on its own”.
