Essex Honey: Double Vinyl LP

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Label: RCA
Release Date: 29th August

Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange is back with some inspired pop and a dream cast of features with The Durutti Column, Mustafa, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Lorde, Zadie Smith, Tirzah, Brendan Yates (Turnstile), and Mabe Fratti all lending their chops to what is destined to be one of the highlights of 2025.

The new album is titled Essex Honey. It explores themes of family grief, England, and the healing, communal power of music throughout a lifetime.
Lyrically, the album is diaristic yet communal, existing in the haze of memory that often follows a loss. Musically, this is reflected sonically through analog recordings, recurring cello motifs, nods to earlier Blood Orange projects, and various musical interpolations from Hynes' youth. Sonically, the album includes an array of arrangements and instruments like the acoustic guitar with a punk distortion and melodic ethereal tones that were woven into his dreams as a kid growing up in Essex, imagining his future.
Essex Honey features contributions from The Durutti Column, Mustafa, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Lorde, Zadie Smith, Tirzah, Brendan Yates (Turnstile), and Mabe Fratti.

The album is self-produced and mixed by Dev alongside Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce, with
mastering by Heba Kadry.