Floodlights announce third album ‘Underneath’ with upbeat new single ‘Cloud Away’

nme.com:

Floodlights announce their third album ‘Underneath’, sharing high-spirited new single ‘Cloud Away’ to coincide – check out the song and NME’s interview with them below.The quintet have announced the album, out March 21, 2025 via [PIAS] Recordings, while in the middle of a UK & European tour in support of 2023’s raw, introspective second album ‘Painting of My Time’.

It’s a return trip for Floodlights after a three-month jaunt last year, and has included festival stops at Mutations Fest and Pitchfork Paris, plus a sold-out stop at London’s 100 Club.Floodlights wrote ‘Underneath’ between home in Melbourne and the road. “All the touring we did last year, all the writing we did on those tours, the different places we played and people we met really influenced these songs.

It’s been quite a metamorphic period for all of us,” singer and guitarist Louis Parsons told NME. “A lot of intense stuff happened on that last [UK & Europe] tour.”That intensity hangs heavy on the forthcoming album’s first single, ‘Can You Feel It’, a sharp-toothed post-punk burner that arrived in October.

On today’s new track ‘Cloud Away’, by contrast, there’s a distinct brightness that shines through, with arpeggiated synths flitting over jangly guitars and robust drums, plus vocals from newest member Sarah Hellyer on the chorus.