Following the release of All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend , Aurora announced in November 2016 that she had begun writing and producing her second studio album, describing her debut as the “first album of many.” In 2017, she contributed a cover of ” Scarborough Fair ” for…
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On 14 October 2016, the band released “Demagogue”, a song protesting and satirising the candidacy of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election of 2016 .
On 2 September 2016, Everything Everything released the single “I Believe It Now” for BT Sport to use for Premier League shows. They also announced they were working on a fourth album, with Higgs commenting that its lyrics would “inevitably” be affected by Brexit .
In August 2016, of Montreal released Innocence Reaches , which incorporated new, EDM -inspired sounds, as well as the progressive rock sounds of the previous two albums. For the tour following the album’s release, bassist Davey Pierce returned to the band, replacing Bob Parins.
Arizona was signed to Atlantic Records in 2016. The band released several singles that year, including “I Was Wrong”, “Oceans Away”, and “Cross My Mind”. Robin Schulz produced the official remix of “I Was Wrong”, and, by August 2016, the original song had accrued 16 million streams online. The Robin…
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In July 2016, the band announced that guitarist Nick McCarthy would not be involved in the recording and touring of their next album, in order to concentrate on his family and other musical interests.
In a performance at Maida Vale , Bloc Party gave “The Good News” its live debut; hours later, “The Love Within” was featured as “Hottest Record in the World” by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 . Okereke revealed the band’s upcoming fifth album is set to be titled Hymns…
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Later in 2016, the band released the standalone single ‘Stunt Queen’ to mark their performance at the Hollywood Bowl , which Okereke claimed was a “significant milestone” for the band. It marks some of the first new material that featured Harris and Bartle as co-writers.
Gotye featured as vocalist on “The Way You Talk”, a track from English electronic musician Bibio ‘s 2016 album A Mineral Love , and “The Outfield”, the 2017 debut single from American rock singer Martin Johnson ‘s The Night Game project. In 2017, Gotye revealed that he chose not to…
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“Police Encounters”, which was released on 23 October.