Credit: Sarah Piantadosl
South London five-piece HMLTD herald the arrival of their imminent debut album, 'West of Eden', out February 7 via Lucky Number, with a new track from the record, the boldly optimistic anthem ‘Blank Slate’.
The synth-pop indebted song deals in the Western mythologies that shape young minds, and encapsulates a more transformative undertone to the debut album.
"Myths are the cultural primordial soup from which society emerges... our Western mythologies are steeped in male violence. They are powerful things, but to see them for what they are, a myth, is to genealogically undermine them," states frontman Henry Spychalski.
"While we obviously must have humility about our limited role as artists, 'West of Eden' exists to examine the myth of man and within 'Blank Slate' we propose a newer, better, kinder mythology. ‘The world is ours, and the world is a blank slate.’"
The band have also just announced a special album release party at The Windmill in Brixton, on release day, Friday February 7, where they will perform the album in full. Tickets are extremely limited, and on sale now here.
Live UK dates
07 London Windmill
10 London, Rough Trade East
13 Liverpool, Arts Club
14 Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy
15 Edinburgh, Opium
16 Birmingham, Sunflower Lounge
18 Dublin, The Sound House
19 Manchester, YES
20 London, Lafayette
21 Bristol, The Exchange
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