ODESZA Returns After 4 Yr Hiatus: “The Final Goodbye (feat. Bettye LaVette)”
Other than their 2020 challenge with Golden Options, BRONSON, it’s been 4 years (and alter) since ODESZA have launched new music. Their 2017 album, A Second Aside, spawned the most important tour of the duo’s profession, visiting each nook of the globe and each main competition. However the work clearly took a toll on their creativity and so they’ve been in hiatus because the conclusion of the tour in 2019.
In the present day, they launched their first new track since A Second Aside, the start of their subsequent album, “The Final Goodbye” that includes Bettye LaVette. The vocals have been taken from LaVette’s 1965 launch, which left an impression on the duo.
On the observe, ODESZA notes: “This track was born out of the idea of attempting to carry these lasting, defining musical items just like the 1965 launch of ‘Let Me Down Straightforward’ by Bettye LaVette into a contemporary and up to date digital setting. The concept of bringing two worlds collectively, that in the first place appear distant, has at all times been one thing we’ve been drawn to. It was an absolute honor to have the ability to work with Bettye’s voice over the course of writing the observe. She’s capable of convey emotion along with her vocal work not like another. So far, this has been one of many extra fulfilling songs we’ve had the prospect to work on as artists. We hope everybody who listens enjoys the observe as a lot as we did making it.”
There’s nonetheless loads extra to sit up for from ODESZA in 2022 so maintain a watch out! Within the meantime, stream “The Final Goodbye” under.
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