British duo Aquilo ave recently dropped their killer new EP out now via through B3SCI / Island Records.
The four track release sees the Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher deliver another series of beautifully striking and impeccably produced tracks that deliver an intimacy centred around their cinematic compositions, which is exactly what we’ve come to expect from the atmospheric electro pop masters.
A follow on and step up from their 2014 EP Human, also released through B3SCI / Island Records which fearured the SOHN produced title track and ‘Losing You’. To celebrate the release of this new EP the guys gave us track by track run down of this the short but undeniable sweet new EP.
Check it out below and if you like what you hear be sure to visit www.aquilomusic.com for more info.
Calling Me
“This is one of the first songs we ever wrote together. It’s a song that we put the demo of online almost two and a half years ago which received blog and record label attention. We definitely didn’t expect any of that to happen and it was a song that certainly opened doors to the next few years of our lives.
The original production was very amateur and it was badly mixed so we felt it would be right for us to take it down and release it another time. After two EPs it finally feels right to release it on our 3rd and give it the title track purpose we feel it deserves.”
Put Me Down
“‘Put Me Down’ was written around the same time as ‘Calling Me’ when we were both living with our parents. Our friends were all moving off to Uni and we were at home in a small village with day jobs. It’s about being at home when everyone else is moving on and not letting that get you down. Since then, we’ve moved out and now live together in Manchester.”
Better Off Without You
“Last summer we spent a couple of months in London writing songs together, it’s a part of the world we just weren’t used to. We’re from the Lakes in the north of England and being in London was like an alien city to us and several of those songs surround the topic of being somewhere you’re not comfortable and not being with those you want to. Or maybe even the realisation that you can cope without those you thought you couldn’t. The title says it all really.”
Waiting
“‘I’ll leave it alone, back off if you want’. This song was written when we were both away from home. We’d started to realise that what we were doing seemed so different to what our girlfriends at the time were doing. We were almost in fear of them questioning why they were with someone who was never around.
Arguments and conversations would often crop up about us two adapting to the lives we were living. In short, this song is about being able to step back when it hurts, giving that person space to realise who they want to be with but having the fear of them meeting someone else. ‘I’m waiting for the word, just say it and nothing will stand in our way.’”
