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Empire of the Sun Talk New Album & Why ‘Sound Is the Medicine of the Future’


Empire of the Sun's Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore talk about their fourth studio album, 'Ask That God,' with Billboard News. Watch the interview.

To bring the album to life visually, the duo trekked to Thailand to film a series of characteristically cinematic, fantastical high-concept videos, many of them shot during long days in 100-degree heat. But the pair says the sweat was effort was worth it for how the vibrant, layered clips — a few of which feature cameos from Steele’s son — expand the Empire of the Sun mythology “into a new dimension,” says Littlemore. During the conversation, the pair also discuss Ask That God track “AEIOU,” the first collaboration between the band and Littlemore’s longstanding Pnau project, along with their upcoming tour, which includes a headlining show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in November.

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