Having crafted one of the very few ‘classic’ records from the short lived chillwave boom of 2010 with their debut All Night, husband/wife duo Houses announce their return today with a brief but entirely enticing trailer for the follow-up record A Quiet Darkness alongside a stream of new song ‘Beginnings’.

The album, due for release through Downtown Records on 16 April marks a huge departure for the group sonically. Founder and songwriter Dexter Tortoriello told us last year that it’s very much a record that tells a story: “I had this idea to do a concept album about this guy walking across the country to find his wife after a nuclear disaster occurs. The idea is that everyone in the western part of the country has been exposed to a great deal of radiation and is dying off, some more slowly than others. The man is trying to find his wife, not so they can survive together, but so they can die together.”

Although built up of many samples, most of which were recorded “inside abandoned houses and along the deserted highways and ghost towns of the Mojave Desert”, fans can expect a more explorative and fully formed ‘band’ sound than previous material.

Watch the trailer above and stream the glorious ‘Beginnings’ below. Keep an eye on Houses movements via their Facebook Page.