Hiatus Kaiyote preview forthcoming album with its title track

The band’s bass player Paul Bender shares: “Everybody in the band has an array of toys and sounds and stuff, and I just remember thinking, ‘I wonder how it would sound if I put my little bass pedal on ‘harmonise’ mode?’” Simon on keys then added in chords from an old Roland RS 505 Paraphonic synthesiser that elicited a eureka moment for the band and Nai Palm shaped the jam into what would become the album’s title track.

Nai shares: “‘Love Heart Cheat Code’ doesn’t mean anything and it means everything. On one hand, it’s just cool words together. But also — and I don’t care if I sound corny here, because I’m a romantic — but I really believe if you move through the world with love, it’s the ultimate cheat code to the world.”