Tusks announces her third studio album, Gold

The forthcoming release from Tusks follows two revered albums, Dissolve, which was released in 2017 and 2019's Avalanche.

Half created at home in the middle of London and half during two solitary trips to Devon, where many of the songs found their inspiration. In need of some space, away from a shared house that had just been through a pandemic together as well as from a relationship that was coming to an end, she travelled to the south-west. Bringing the album back to London, Tusks partnered with producer Tom Andrews to bring the tracks to life from studios like Ten87 in Tottenham and SS2 Recording in Southend.

“A lot of this album was inspired by contrasting experiences. Processing a breakup and then falling in love again. Being constantly surrounded by people in lockdown, then suddenly being completely alone and free. Being in the city vs being in nature," explains Underhill.

"We wanted to echo these contrasts in the production of the music so constantly moved between lo-fi and hi-fi production - sampling our own drum beats, recording them through compressed tin can mics and processing through loads of analogue gear and a 404 then switching to cleaner, larger sounding kits achieved by recording with mics in back rooms and the ceiling to give the impression of space. There was a huge analogue influence on the production and mix too by using loads of analogue synths and modular, putting a lot of the stems through tape and getting to be really creative with using delay throws and feedback on the 501 Space Echo. It was such a fun process and allowed Tom and I to delve into doing exactly what we love.”

Tracklist:

1. Wake
2. Adore
3. Artificial Flame
4. Tainted Plates
5. The Way
6. Read The Room
7. Strangers
8. Gold
9. Body Ache
10. Cold Storm