‘Waves’ will be available via digital download from 28/8/15. It will also receive a limited 7” vinyl release of only 500 copies.
Produced by MJ from Hookworms in his Leeds studio, it combines distorted organs and synths with fuzz guitars and a driving chorus of ‘uplifting misery’.
‘Waves’ follows the bands first two singles, ‘Mouthwash’ and ‘Temptation’ which DIY dubbed a “glistening, new wave-nodding exciting debut” and XFM and Radio 1 dutifully delivered support by spinning on several occasions and with 6Music crowning the single the winner of their rebel playlist.
Lusts are brothers Andy and James Stone from Leicester evoking both the classic woozy chorus’ and reverb laden guitars of Echo and the Bunnymen and the new wave pop sensibilities of Beach Fossils.
The brothers explain the creative process behind the making of the video to Waves:
“From the start, the intention for the Waves video was to explore imagery beyond the obvious route of water, and instead focus on the lyrics and the meaning of the song.
We sat down with the directors Youth Hymns and discussed our different ideas for visually representing this.
We were inspired by Virginia Woolf’s ‘The Waves’, the visuals of oscilloscopes, and the idea of constant movement, of a force beyond your control pulling you towards something. then came their idea of the tunnel, an almost b-movie vibe, and a character falling down with us. The video has a kind of gothic, hypnotic feel, which pays homage to the aesthetics of cult sci-fi and horror. With added Jazzmasters.”
Following successful appearances across the summer at various festivals including Secret Garden Party, Lusts continue to build their live presence with further UK/EU dates across September and a full UK headline tour in November:
SEPTEMBER
Thurs 3 Sebright Arms, London
Sun 20 Incubate Festival - Tilburg, Netherlands
Fri 25 Reeperbahn Festival – Hamburg, Germany
Sat 26 Independent Night – Berlin Germany
OCTOBER – headline tour
Saturday 31 Sunflower, Birmingham
NOVEMBER – headline tour
Sunday 1 Louisiana, Bristol
Monday 2 Sound Control Bar, Manchester
Tuesday 3 King Tuts, Glasgow
Wed 4 Oporto, Leeds
Fri 6 Cookie, Leicester
Sat 7 Lennons, Southampton
Sun 8 SWN Festival, Cardiff
Mon 9 Bullingdon, Oxford
Wed 11 Green Door Store, Brighton
Sat 14 Razzmatazz, Barcelona
Mon 16 Sala Moby Dick, Madrid
Thurs 19 Trix, Antwerp
Sat 21 Paradiso Upstairs, Amsterdam
Sun 22 Blue Shell, Cologne
Tues 24 Merleyn, Nijmegen
