More about: Keaton Henson

Sad indie cult classic Keaton Henson is back, but in a very different way. Months after sharing a strange mix of party tracks from Taylor Swift and Caroline Polachek covers - dare we say he seems… cheery.

Opening up with this new track ‘Envy’, twangy guitars and country tinged sounds colour it very, very different to the Keaton Henson tracks we know and love. Even seeming to sing with more confident, ‘Envy’ speaks to a different side of the artist.

And that’s because it is. Announcing a new album, House Party, it looks like its a bit of a concept piece, considering alter egos and alternative paths.

Talking about the project, in a rare comment to press, Keaton said: “I wanted to make an upbeat confident pop record about depression and being a performer, written from the viewpoint of an artist who has hollowed himself out over a long career in the name of success, an alternate universe version of me, who is left empty and lonely from climbing to the top, but is still only able to express these feelings in the language of confident, performative pop songs.”

With the album landing in June, we’re excited to see what comes next from this character.

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More about: Keaton Henson