Water From Your Eyes will release their new album, It’s a Beautiful Place, this Friday. Hitting their stride, the band has already been hailed for crafting a “dizzying, chrome-tinted masterpiece,” which Rolling Stone called their “most joyously out there achievement yet.” To coincide with the album’s release, the duo has also shared the ebullient and expansive third single, “Nights in Armor,” along with its new video.
Of the song, the band’s Nate Amos states,
“Nights In Armor started life as a weird little Lorelei song called ‘Grill,’ I always felt like the riff was cooler than the song, so I recycled it into a new track and added other instrumentation specifically meant to place the guitar part in a radically different context to see what other emotional roles it could play. I remember struggling with writing a vocal hook I was happy with and I’m pretty sure at a certain part I reversed it and built the bass line around the backwards melody.
Throughout the album, there’s a sense that the band has honed their curveballs into home runs. The songs are both “looming and melancholy” and “wide-eyed and petrified,” creating a complex atmosphere. The project draws bold comparisons, feeling like Blade Runner with a touch of WALL-E or Kubrick with a hint of Jay and Silent Bob. Ultimately, these are songs that look outward, questioning our place in the universe while admiring the surrounding beauty.
Now performing as a four-piece on stage, Water From Your Eyes will support the album with extensive headline tours across North America and Europe. The European leg kicks off on November 13 in London and wraps up on December 7 in Lisbon. Ahead of the tour, the band will be celebrating the album’s release with a launch party at Rough Trade East in London on August 21st, where they will host a karaoke event for friends and fans.
