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The Chemical Brothers announce tenth album For That Beautiful Feeling
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 20 July 2023
The Chemical Brothers have announced that they will release their tenth studio album ‘For That Beautiful Feeling’ later this year. Alongside the news comes the video for recent single ‘Live Again’.
Recorded at the band’s own studio, a press statement explains: “Each track on ‘For That Beautiful Feeling’ was born out of a desire to find that point of vision in the studio, a point that could then be refracted back onto the dancefloor through the music”.
“As a result, it’s a collection of music that’s vividly colourful and confident and deeply psychedelic; impossible beauty carved from noise and chaos and endless fluid rhythm”.
The visuals for ‘Live Again’ were directed by Dom & Nic, who have previously worked on Chems videos for tracks including ‘Hey Boy Hey Girl’, ‘Block Rockin Beats’ and ‘Wide Open’.
Of their latest collaboration, they say: “Working with The Chemical Brothers is a dream for any video director. We’re really lucky to be still making films together after quite a few years. The Chems just keep smashing it with great tracks that demand videos that live up to the music and hopefully add something extra to the whole experience”.
“’Live Again’ is our tenth collaboration”, they go on. “The woozy, wonky analogue sounds and the dream-like lyric suggested a hallucinogenic visual journey following a character caught in a loop of death and rebirth. The idea inspired us to use the new Arri XR virtual production stage and its cutting-edge technology in a way that had never previously been done”.
“This is an idea that could not really have been achieved with traditional filmmaking techniques”, they add. “We created virtual CGI worlds and used long unbroken camera takes, without edits, moving between those different worlds seamlessly with our hero character”.
“Making and editing the video, we were showered with the generosity of such a strong and huge team of immensely talented companies and individuals that helped us to make this film happen because they love working with The Chemical Brothers”, they conclude. “Without their time, talents and generosity a film like this could never make it out of heads and onto a screen”.
‘For That Beautiful Feel’ is set for release on 8 Sep, and will be followed by a new career-spanning book titled ‘Paused In The Cosmic Reflection’ on 26 Oct. The duo are also set to play live shows in the UK and Ireland through the autumn. Here are the dates:
9 Sep: Cardiff, Alexandra Head
26 Oct: Glasgow, Hydro
27 Oct: Manchester, AO Arena
28 Oct: Leeds, First Direct Arena
1 Nov: Dublin, 3Arena
4 Nov: London, O2 Arena
Watch the video for ‘Live Again’ here:
