On October 22nd Duran Duran release their 15th studio album, Future Past, which is their first long player since 2015’s Paper Gods.
On May 19th we were given a taster of the album with the first cut ‘Invisible‘ and if the rest of the album is on a par with this, we are in for an absolute treat. Once again the boys have enlisted heavyweight help for this record with the likes of Mark Ronson and Blur’s Graham Coxon amongst others.
The first thing that hits you when you hear this track is a distinctive drum beat. You could actually call it a dominant drum beat before LeBon’s distinctive vocal delivery comes in.
Co-written with Graham Coxon this is classic Duran and for me as a fan this has a sound of their late 80’s work. Think ‘All She Wants Is’ meets their side project ‘Arcadia’.
As well as all this the video was created using an artificial intelligence system called Huxley. Ever the innovators. An utterly brilliant three minute wall of sound.
Words by Lee Bellfield