Hurts reveal video for new single ‘Some Kind Of Heaven’ – watch

Duo release third album 'Surrender' later this year

Hurts have revealed the video for new single ‘Some Kind Of Heaven’.

The duo unveiled ‘Some Kind Of Heaven’ last month (May 28), describing it as “the beginning of a bold odyssey”. It is the first single from new album ‘Surrender’ and this video was directed by Chino Moya (St Vincent, Ladytron).

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‘Surrender’ will follow on from their 2013 album ‘Exile’ and 2010 debut ‘Happiness’. The album was produced by Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers) and Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend).

The duo recently discussed the inspiration behind their upcoming new album to NME.

The electronic pop pair – consisting of Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson – release their third record ‘Surrender’ on October 9. Speaking to NME, Hutchcraft cited Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan and the “backing singers and gospel choirs” of Motown as key influences on the LP, claiming that the record will “delight and surprise people in equal measure”.

SEE MORE: NME Review Of Hurts second album ‘Exile’

With the duo’s first two albums recorded in Manchester, Hurts recorded this third effort between different sessions in Ibiza, Los Angeles, New York and the Swiss Alps. Hutchcraft says that the sunnier climes had an effect on the music created.

“It was quite a dark time making the last record [2013’s ‘Exile’] and the content was quite reflective of our state, but once we’d finished it and exorcised the demons our mood shifted quite a lot,” he said. “This time we decided to see how things would turn out if we enjoyed ourselves and went to some exciting places. It made us look outwards for the first time in a long time. The second record was very internal and very intense so we craved the opposite. Now, at this stage in our lives, to make a record that would sound as dark as the second or as melancholy as the first wouldn’t be a true reflection of us. That’s not to say it’s all a barrel of laughs though; we’re still drawn to the darker side.”

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Hutchcraft added: “‘Exile’ was a record we had to make and this one is reactionary in a way, but fundamentally we’re a pop band and we make pop records. This is an album made in great places, with big blue skies. We just wanted to present a potent version of the band that we are”.

The ‘Surrender’ tracklisting is as follows:

‘Surrender’
‘Some Kind of Heaven’
‘Why’
‘Nothing Will Be Bigger Than Us’
‘Rolling Stone’
‘Lights’
‘Slow’
‘Kaleidoscope’
‘Wings’
‘Wish’

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