Words: Sam Geary
Released today (May 24), The Amazons share their second studio album, ‘Future Dust’.
Containing Radio 1 playlisted ‘Doubt It’ and ‘Mother,’ ‘Future Dust’ is packed with loose blues grooves, religious references and falsetto backing vocals, the songs explore issues including social media witch hunts, eating disorders and depression.
“We were searching for a heavier sound and we found it by delving back through the blues,” says singer Matthew Thomson. “From Led Zeppelin, we discovered Howlin’ Wolf and immersed ourselves in his back catalogue. I read Hellfire, the Jerry Lee Lewis biography, and fell in love with the Biblical language that was used to describe his ‘devil music’.
“As much as the songs, it was the stories and characters that we loved. Playing boogie-woogie piano in murky clubs sounds pretty tame now, but back then, it was raw and dangerous. We wanted to capture that with a dirtier, grittier, sexier sound.”
Listen below.
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