UK band Wunderhorse have shared  “Rain,” the single is off their forthcoming album Midas, dropping on August 30th via Communion/Mick Music. The song comes live performance footage of the band at O2 Forum Kentish Town. The week prior to Midas’ release will see Wunderhorse take to the stage at Reading + Leeds, following a co-headline spot at Dot to Dot Festival.

“Rain is about the feeling that makes you look over your shoulder sometimes, the idea that the forces that shape your world are unaware of your existence and beyond your control,” frontman Jacob Slater explains. “Something is coming but you don’t know what it is and you can’t stop it.”

Midas was recorded at Minnesota’s Pachyderm Studio with producer Craig Silvey (The National, Florence + the Machine). The album adopts an unpolished recording process which captures the atmosphere of Wunderhorse’s live performances.

Of the album, frontman Jacob Slater explains:

“When we first went into the studio to make this record, the only thing we were sure about is how we wanted it to sound; very imperfect, very live, very raw; no frills. We wanted it to sound like your face is pressed up against the amplifiers, like you’ve been locked inside the bass drum.”

Having burned himself out as the teenage frontman of the much-hyped, but ultimately ill-fated punk outfit Dead Pretties, Slater had retired to Cornwall to repair the damage that he had caused himself. It was whilst working as a surf instructor on the UK’s south western coast that Slater rekindled his love of songwriting, ultimately spinning the introspective compositions that went on to form the foundations of Wunderhorse.

Wunderhorse
Midas
Tracklist
Communion Records/Mick Music

Midas
Rain
Emily
Silver
Arizona
Superman
July
Cathedrals
Girl
Aeroplane

Pre-order Midas HERE