Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore unpack the trauma and tensions that reunited them for Ask That God, their first album since 2016 that shows the magic never fades.
"We’re extraordinarily inclusive." Electropop wizards Empire of the Sun have released their first new album in eight years, Ask That God .Eight years can feel like a lifetime in the fickle world of pop music. However, in the case of Empire of the Sun, their brand of escapism appears ageless.
But for all this fantastical music's pleasantly frictionless, feel-good power, Ask That God is actually rooted in some grim reality. Littlemore adds: "There was a lot of sad moments, but you don't go into sad moments to create another sad moment. You want to lift yourself up, and that's what we've tried to do.", Littlemore has said Ask That God "represents the greatest shift in consciousness our world has ever seen." Or, as we mere mortals might better understand it: a global pandemic."A generation-defining moment where we were coupled together through music.
The subtext is that the pressure of rising creative frictions needed release through other projects. And the pair have kept busy with extracurricular activities in the eight years between Empire of the Sun albums. "It's kind of like a meditation … about the state of the crazy vibrations happening on the planet. That was a really beautiful moment.""It was the first time we'd been there together," says Littlemore. "We were too inspired, so we found a studio … right in the middle of the chaotic bit of Tokyo."
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