These New Puritans have announced their new album ‘Crooked Wing’ with a single featuring Caroline Polachek

These New Puritans have announced their fifth album ‘Crooked Wing’, set for release on 23rd May via Domino.

The Essex duo have previewed the record with double A-side single ‘Bells’ / ‘Industrial Love Song’, the latter featuring a guest appearance from Caroline Polachek. The tracks are accompanied by a music video for ‘Industrial Love Song’, directed by Harley Weir in collaboration with the band.

“Industrial Love Song is a duet between two cranes on a building site,” explains Jack Barnett. “Caroline sings the part of one crane, I sing the other; they can’t touch (their movements are controlled by the operator), but when the sun rises they hope that their shadows will cross. I like how the title George came up with misdirects expectations – it’s not that kind of industrial.”

Speaking about ‘Bells’, Jack notes: “This song started with a field recording we made of a bell in a small Orthodox Greek church. You can hear it in the song, and the rest of the song grew out of it. That one bell strike set a lot of the album in motion.”

Their dates in full read:

JUNE
12 EartH, London, UK