Asylums announce new album, Genetic Cabaret

Asylums have released a rather apt new single given the state of everything right now: A Perfect Life In A Perfect World.

"The sentiment of A Perfect Life In A Perfect World has taken on a different meaning for me over the last month or so which has led to us deciding to release it now," explains Luke Branch. "Originally it was about my own struggles with low moods and not always living in the moment, thinking about how life could be all the time.

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"Now during this period of uncertainty and profound challenge for the country and the world it feels more like a song about the future, a song about how we might want to conduct ourselves after this period of isolation and reflection. I hope very much that centres around kindness, community, creativity and compassion."

The track is taken from the quartet's just-announced new record Genetic Cabaret, which is due out on July 17 via their own Cool Thing Records. Of the LP, Luke continues: “Genetic Cabaret was written during the most turbulent time I've ever experienced socially and politically in the UK. I'd stay up late every night binge-watching the news and political punditry and write songs all day. During writing and rehearsals, my wife fell pregnant and the huge emotional impact of that got me thinking about the world I was bringing our child into from a new perspective. I examined political history, human biology, generational divides and emerging technology in equal measure. The resulting album feels leaner musically, harder-edged and with anger and empathy in equal measure."

Check out A Perfect Life In A Perfect World below:

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