Premiere: New Arcades – ‘Where We Were Before’ (ft. Sarah Bird)

Gloriously unruly synth pop...

New Arcades know that sometimes you have to look backwards to find a path forwards.

The duo – Dean Canty and Adam Sullivan – make gloriously unruly synth pop, a glistening concoction with a curious, haunting feel.

Straight out of the soundtrack of Stranger Things, new cut 'Where We Were Before' contains vocals from Sarah Bird.

Beautifully melodic yet also enticingly frozen, the pair explain: "Both lyrically and sonically we wanted it to have a filmic feel with an 80's touch. It has a real driving pace from the outset and we wanted to juxtapose the Italo/Stab bass in the intro and verses with an epic chorus…"

Tune in below.

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