Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart has launched a brand new inventive collective referred to as The Time Expertise Challenge. Take heed to their debut single ‘Brings Me Residence’ first on NME beneath.
The Grammy-winning musician enlisted a gaggle of writers, actors, filmmakers, composers and performers to affix him within the group. Subsequent Friday (October 20), they’ll launch a 10-song “fashionable rock opera” referred to as ‘Who To Love’. You may pre-save/pre-add it right here.
“The songs on this album are centred across the elusive nature of time, the way it appears to hurry up or decelerate relying in your psychological state,” Stewart defined of the “immersive” assortment.
“By way of the music and lyrics, we attempt to interpret this sense and the way life’s journey can turn out to be serpentine and surreal as we wander by moments of disappointment, melancholy, love habit and pure ecstasy.”
‘Who To Love’ shall be accompanied by a long-form video, which is ready to premiere on the Rome Movie Competition subsequent Thursday (October 19). It options Italian TV, stage, and movie actress Greta Scarano and legendary Italian band Mokadelic.
“The brief movie revolves round a personality who’s combating nervousness and loneliness, mirrored in each the music and the actions of the protagonist,” mentioned Stewart, who wrote and stars within the video.
As for the which means behind ‘Brings Me Residence’, the musician defined: “It’s a track concerning the energy of actual love; about how one thing so simple as holding somebody’s hand or seeing their face could make us really feel at residence, even amid chaos.
“In a world that’s always altering and shifting at a fast tempo, it is very important decelerate and join with others in a significant manner. This track reminds us that all of us want a spot to name residence, each bodily and emotionally.”
The tracklist for ‘Who To Love’ is:
‘Time Is A Masterpiece’
‘Electrified’
‘Not The Sweetest Taboo’
‘Brings Me Residence’
‘Diamond Eyes’
‘Who To Love’
‘Time Flies’
‘Speak To Me’
‘Human’
‘Give up’
The ‘Who Is Love’ film was directed by Giorgio Testi and produced by Dave Stewart Leisure and Grøenlandia. It’s anticipated to see a public launch sooner or later in 2024.
In different Eurythmics information, earlier this yr the band celebrated 40 years of ‘Candy Desires (Are Made Of This)’.
On the time, Annie Lennox marked the track’s milestone anniversary by writing alongside clips from the music video. “It’s virtually unattainable to imagine that ‘Candy Desires Are Made Of This’ was launched forty years in the past,” she wrote. “It has continued to journey the world and the seven seas ever since, which is an excellent and miraculous story all to itself!”