Empire Of The Sun share reflective single ‘Music On The Radio’ and announce their first album in eight years, ‘Ask That God’

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Empire Of The Sun have announced their first album in eight years, ‘Ask That God’, and shared their joyful new single ‘Music On The Radio’.The Aussie duo have shared details of their long-awaited fourth studio album, which is set to drop July 26 (pre-order/pre-save here).Nick Littlemore says of the new album: “It has been a journey unlike any other that Empire Of The Sun has undertaken.

We always ‘go there’ when it comes to exploration of both the self and the outside world. This body of work represents the greatest shift in consciousness our world has ever seen and that’s reflected in the music.”Bandmate Luke Steele adds: “’Ask That God; is an album we searched for and were thankfully blessed with.

We are nothing more than conduits, gathering experience and finding what is meant for the Empire to find.”The pair have also shared its next single ‘Music On The Radio’, which sees the band accepting what they can’t change in life: “I don’t like the music on the radio / They don’t play my song / I don’t like the music on the radio / But I sing along.”“To me this song is like a teenager rebelling against his imaginary emotions.

It’s penned in only that unique way Lord Littlemore can bring words to life,” Steele says of the song. “The bass wraps it’s arms around you in some kind of hypnotic groove and you’re powerless to its charms.” Take a listen to ‘Music On The Radio’ below:Previously, Empire Of The Sun released their first single ‘Changes‘ in April, which they described as their “breakthrough track”.Littlemore said: “‘Changes’ represents the shifting sands of time, empires rise and fall but the sun shall shine on.