Today, Wellington based indie-electronic artist Neil MacLeod releases his highly anticipated EP ‘We Have Known Lost Days’.
‘We Have Known Lost Days’, takes listeners on an emotive journey through the darker side of human experience.
MacLeod shares “writing and recording ‘We Have Known Lost Days’, I’ve tried to make a record that sonically and conceptually examines the darker aspects of our human nature, bringing genres together in challenging new ways.”
Neil MacLeod’s fresh and emotive sound brings soul and electronic genres together in ways designed to challenge audiences and disrupt preconceptions around what electronic music is. ‘We Have Known Lost Days’ has seen him push these boundaries even further.
The EP features 7 stunning tracks including previously released singles, ‘Downwards’ (August 2022) ‘Openly’ (September 2020) and ‘Viscera’ (October 2020).
2019 marked MacLeod’s emergence as a standout artist in the indie-electronica scene, with the release of his debut EP ‘To Unfold’. The subsequent years saw MacLeod dive deeper into exploring new territories, taking his introspective songs to new sonic space resulting in his second EP ‘We Have Known Lost Days.’
Through the duality of an electronic and acoustic sound that is fragile and bombastic MacLeod creates a sonic world that is bittersweet. Expertly manipulated vocals and the heavy use of distortion add to the dramatic and unique genre blurring sound.
The release of ‘We Have Known Lost Days’ further establishes MacLeod as an artist on the rise.
Devin Abrams co-produced ‘We Have Known Lost Days’ and his debut EP 'To Unfold'. While MacLeod himself has also collaborated extensively lending his writing, producing and performing talents on works for international artists such as Ni/Co, established local artists like TOI and exciting new artists including Te Kahureremoa. MacLeod sold out three consecutive headline shows in Wellington in 2019 and opened for multi-platinum group Drax Project in 2020.
MacLeod revels in moving audiences with his dark cinematic electronic music juxtaposed with intimate soul, he takes this to a whole new level with his new EP.
‘We Have Known Lost Days’ is out now via Particle Recordings, available to buy and stream.
Accompanying the release is a visual EP featuring enhanced live performances of each of the seven tracks. Today sees the release of 'Taller Than Trees', he shares "This is easily the most emotional song for me to perform live, it explores heavy emotions and features even heavier sonics that move me deeply".