Fuck Buttons Announce New Album

Slow Focus set for release in July

Ace electronic duo Fuck Buttons have announced that they’ll be releasing a new album, their third, on July 22 via ATP Recordings.

Slow Focus will be a "first-person view through winding pathways set against a frequently aggressive and constantly evolving terrain" according to the press release, with the duo of Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power self-producing at their Space Mountain studio for the first time, with Hung commenting: “We’ve used producers as safety nets in the past, but we’ve always had a very specific idea of what our music should sound like and so it became about following the logical path.”

Says Power: “Slow Focus seemed like a very apt title when considering the sentiment of the music. It almost feels like the moment your eyes take to readjust when waking, and realising you’re in a very unusual and not a particularly welcoming place. We like to think that we create our own new landscapes, and with this it’s a very alien one.”

The pair are playing a hefty number of festival dates this summer – catch them at the following:

MAY

Thu 23 – Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Fri 31 – Optimus Primavera Sound Festival, Porto, Portugal

JUNE

Fri 21 – Best Kept Secret Festival, Hilvarenbeek, The Netherlands

Sat 22 – Body & Soul Festival, Ballinlough Castle, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

Fri 28 – Sun 30 – Glastonbury Festival, Pilton

AUGUST

Thu 15 – Sun 18 – Greenman Festival, Black Mountains, Wales

Sat 31 – ArcTangent Festival, Fernhill Farm, Compton Martin, Bristol

OCTOBER

Sat 26 – Release The Bats, Melbourne, Australia

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