US — “MAN RAY”
- Bonded
- 2 days ago
- 1 min read
Us move fast.
New single “Man Ray” lands as a two-minute burst of tension — wired, restless and gone before it can settle. It’s the first taste of their upcoming second album “Everyone’s Giving Up the Cabaret”, due this summer and produced by Charlie Russell (Liam Gallagher, Alt-J, Wargasm, Kasabian).
Written against a backdrop of rising global tension, “Man Ray” feels like it’s been shaped by the same chaos it’s reacting to. What started as a twelve-verse track has been cut down into something way more urgent — no space, no excess, just impact.
There’s a clear visual thread running through it. Inspired by surrealist photographer Man Ray, the track and its accompanying video lean into that sense of distortion. Fragments of a world that doesn’t feel stable. Past and present folding into each other.
Frontman Teo Hirvonen puts it simply: it’s about recognising that this feeling isn’t new. Different era, same uncertainty. Art just finds new ways to respond to it.
Us have been building towards this moment properly. Touring with Electric Six put them in front of the right crowds before a support slot with The Libertines opened things up further. That connection took them to the Libertines’ Albion Rooms, where they recorded their debut “Underground Renaissance” — raw, instinctive and pulled straight from their live energy.
“Man Ray” feels like a marker. Not a shift, not a reset — just everything tightened. With “Everyone’s Giving Up the Cabaret” on the way, Us aren’t slowing down. They’re locking in.
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