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Empire of the Sun Shines With New Album ‘Ask That God’ | Billboard News


The Empire of the Sun is back with ‘Ask That God.’ They share the themes of ‘Ask That God,’ Mac Miller sampling their music, and working with PNAU.

The eight year hiatus of The Empire of the Sun is officially over with the dawn of their new era, ‘Ask That God.’ The duo shares their reasoning behind dissolving the band then coming back, the intimate themes of ‘Ask That God,’ their thoughts on Mac Miller sampling their music for “The Spins,” working with PNAU and more! And even though the pandemic was, you know, horrible for the band, I think it was a bit of a blessing because we got to step away. You know, for 20 years we built this castle, and it was time for us to abandon, kind of abandon the dream and let it all get covered in raids, to then come back again and realize what we loved about it so much in the first place.

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