Brian Eno has launched his new instrumental monitor, “Who Are We,” the second single from his upcoming album, FOREVER VOICELESS, due out on File Retailer Day.
FOREVER VOICELESS serves as a companion piece to final yr’s FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE, Eno’s first album to characteristic his vocals on nearly all of songs since 2005. In flip, “Who Are We” is the instrumental counterpart to “Icarus or Blériot.”
The droning synths and dramatic strings create stress all through the track, lending it a retrofuturistic really feel that may slot properly right into a soundtrack for a sci-fi horror online game or film. This offers extra context to the unique monitor, which was named after the Greek mythological determine Icarus and French aviator Louis Blériot, who made the primary profitable flight throughout the English Channel in 1909.
Stream Brian Eno’s “Who Are We” beneath.
FOREVER VOICELESS and FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE will probably be accessible collectively as a digital deluxe album on April twenty first; pre-orders are ongoing. The instrumental-only album will probably be out on vinyl the subsequent day as a File Retailer Day 2023 unique. Try our listing of this yr’s 30 must-have releases.
Earlier this yr, Eno contributed synths to Peter Gabriel’s “Panopticom,” the lead single for i/o, the latter’s upcoming first new album of unique materials in 21 years.
