London based five-piece HMLTD announce the release of ‘Don’t Leave Me’ (Chapter 1: Despair) alongside its accompanying B-sides, ‘Love Is Not Enough’ (Chapter 2: Grief) and ‘Do This By Yourself’ (Chapter 3: Wrath).
It’s the band’s first new material since their debut album ‘West of Eden’ in 2020.
‘Don’t Leave Me’, presents 3 songs as fixed perspectives on the love triangle, as told by ‘the left’ (Chapter 1), the ‘leaver’ (Chapter 2) and the ‘left for’ (Chapter 3).
Whilst sharing the same chords and structure, the distinct lyrics, melodies, arrangements and even genre, they veer between arena-sized synth pop, Disintegration-era The Cure and hauntingly industrial electronica.
The band say: “We believe “Leaving” represents a new frontier in what art and music is, and should do; both an experiment in storytelling, in sonic variations, in the value of art and in the relationship between audience, collector and artist.
“Each layer-owner has the power to alter the whole master, without knowing what the other layer owners will do.
“Essentially, ‘Leaving’ is a collective artistic composition with randomness and agency factored in – collectors might collaboratively arrive at a state or a genre, consciously or unconsciously, by responding (or ignoring) each other’s choices.
“Each different state has been separately written, performed and recorded in a decentralised fashion by HMLTD and our collaborators, Tallulah Eden and Seth Evans.”
In addition, HMLTD have also announced a unique immersive show at London’s Heaven for November 16th entitled ‘The Order’.
Influenced by The Stanford Prison Experiment, ‘The Wave’, and Adorno’s The Authoritarian Personality, a mini totalitarian state will be created inside the venue. HMLTD will preside over a cult of personality, issuing commands according to a predetermined class division between audience members. Tickets are priced according to class division and are available HERE.
