Scandinavian electronic duo anamē have announced details of their forthcoming sophomore album, Hopes & Fears, which is set to be released on Anjunabeats in February 2025.
The album follows on from the debut album by the duo – comprising Marcus Schössow and Thomas Sagstad – entitled Beautiful World, as well as remixes for the likes of Armin Van Buuren and Franky Wah.
It has also been preceded by a double single, Hero / It Can Be Better Now, which feature Jenny Rossander, better known as Lydmor, and fellow Scandi singer Welt, respectively.
“When we announced Beautiful World, we wanted to bring our audience along with the journey of writing the album,” Sagstad commented of the new album. “Anjuna trusted us to pull back the magician’s curtain on the album’s A&R, art, and marketing process, and we’ve met people around the world who want to talk as much about the process as the music that came out of it.
“Those meet-ups, dinners, and drinks kept us sane on the road while away from our families and were equally inspiring and encouraging for what we’re doing.”
The album is described as an ‘honest reflection of how Marcus and Thomas feel about the world around them and the connections they’ve made worldwide’ and ‘an emotive, highly charged record that is statement-driven but ultimately leans to the lighter side of life’.
The past year has seen the anamē live project come to the fore, with Marcus and Thomas ditching the USBs for live drum machines, keys, and live vocals. They debuted at a sold-out show in London’s Outernet, where they were joined by Lydmor on vocals.
Working with Lydmor has been a formative experience for the pair, as Sagstad explains, “The ambiguity and poetry of everything she does ultimately lead to songs people want to scream at the top of their lungs. She’s also always at the end of the phone – the songs on this album are born out of being together, investing in each other’s emotional state, and letting it play out in the music we’re writing.”
anamē – Hopes & Fears lands in February 2025. You can download/stream the new single here.
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