RÜFÜS DU SOL – Alive [Rose Avenue/Reprise/Warner]

After three years, Tyrone, Jon & James – better known as RÜFÜS DU SOL – return this summer with new music, bigger shows, & a newfound appreciation for living. Dance, laugh, cry, & rejoice – ‘Alive‘ is a soundtrack to perfectly transition us out of solitude & back into LIVING, delivered in correct fashion with a Zane Lowe first play and New Music Daily + DanceXL playlist covers.

The sonic tapestry of every RÜFÜS DU SOL record is an exercise in world-building & fantasy; following up space-inspired 2018’s Grammy-nominated ‘Solace’ is no different. This time around, the band brought the sound to the terrestrial, using earth and minerals—ideas of crystallization & diamonds—as a jumping off point. The highly anticipated new track is a perfect embodiment of that journey, traveling its listeners through life’s winding emotional rollercoaster only to understand that, in the end, life & living it are the greatest gift we receive in our time on Earth.

“On the last record it was space, and we were seeing how we could represent the cosmos and black holes and the galactic through synth sounds. The new record sounds crystalline and like gemstones sparkling, and very granular.” -RÜFÜS DU SOL