18 February 2022 - 0 Comments

Broods today release their fourth album Space Island. The eagerly-anticipated 10-track LP, mostly self-written and produced at their home studio in Los Angeles, includes the blissed-out singles Piece Of My Mind, Heartbreak and Like A Woman.

To celebrate Space Island’s release; the Nelson, New Zealand-born sibling duo Georgia and Caleb Nott share visuals for album track I Keep, featuring Broods’ longtime collaborator Tove Lo who adds her luminous vocal work for the unsparing piece of self-reflection. Created by Vinyl Williams (visuals) and Jack McEntee (typography), the lyric video sits perfectly alongside the already released sci-fi inspired video trilogy as well as enhancing the hypnotic feel of the dreamy indie-pop track.

WATCH I KEEP FEAT. TOVE LO HERE

Broods lead vocalist Georgia shares, “During the quieter months of the pandemic I was doing a lot of sessions on zoom. This song came from one with a producer from Sweden called Madde. I said to her that day “I feel like I’m a moth that keeps flying into a hot porch lamp, then reincarnating, only to die the same way over and over”. We thought it would be fun to write as if I really were a moth and ‘I Keep’ happened. I knew Tove would know exactly what I really meant when I said I was a moth. And she did.”

Swedish singer-songwriter, Tove Lo, who also featured on Broods' 2016 single Freak of Nature, says, “Caleb and Georgia are like my family and I just love making music with them. I Keep came together from afar and I think it’s so beautiful and dreamy. Georgia called me and said “I wrote this story about a moth and how it’s drawn to something that will eventually kill it… Do you wanna write a verse about that?”. I did. I love that it’s part of Space Island, the perfect place to escape to. Just like our hangs. It’s an oasis of love and peace.”

In keeping with Broods’ unfettered imagination - an element they’ve brought to multiple platinum-and gold-certified records so far - the album’s tracks exist in a surprisingly radiant sonic realm, their aesthetic equally inspired by 60's sci-fi B-movies and the balmy exotica of composers like Les Baxter. As a result, Space Island introduces a dazzling new intensity into Broods’ atmospheric indie-pop while providing a powerful conduit for catharsis.

Broods examine everything from anger to sorrow to self-discovery, musically framing each emotional state. Space Island came to life during a period of serious upheaval for Georgia. Having married at the age of 21, she went through a difficult divorce turning to songwriting as a means of processing her grief. “One thing about the experience of grief is that it makes you feel like you’re a bit out of orbit, or isolated in a very big feeling, ”says Georgia. “The more we figured out the strange logic of Space Island, the more the music started to reflect what was happening in the lyrics.”

In sculpting the progressive yet nostalgic sound of Space Island, Broods joined forces with friends/producers like Leroy Clampitt (Ashe, FLETCHER) and Stint (Santigold, Carly Rae Jepsen) in the making of the album. Crystallized in a gorgeous constellation of sonic details - otherworldly beats, swooning guitar tones, effervescent synth lines - the album emerged from a period of unbridled experimentation that involved abundant use of Caleb’s newly purchased Farfisa organ.

By dreaming up such an immersive body of work, Broods have ultimately created something of a charmed haven for all those who need healing. “For me this album captures a time when I really leaned on music to help myself understand what was happening in my brain and my body and my heart,” says Georgia. “What’s so exciting about sharing it is the idea of someone else using it as a tool to process their own problems. I hope it helps them to face the things they need to face, or even just feels like a nice soft hand to hold and help them deal with whatever they’re going through.”

WATCH THE SPACE ISLAND OFFICIAL VIDEOS –
DIRECTED BY NZ FILMAKER SAM KRISTOFSKI:

PIECE OF MY MIND (SPACE ISLAND CHAPTER 1)

HEARTBREAK (SPACE ISLAND CHAPTER 2)

LIKE A WOMAN (SPACE ISLAND CHAPTER 3)

LISTEN TO LP

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