Nation of Language

Previous praise for Nation Of Language:

"They've delivered a true modern-day classic of the synth-pop genre." - NME ★★★★★

“A Way Forward is Nation of Language at their best and boldest.” - Gigwise, 8/10

"The synth-pop band combine mannered singing, retro-styling and high seriousness to highly impressive effect”  - Financial Times ★★★★

“It offers a subtle reminder that these art-school Brooklynites might have equally fond memories of 2000s indie-dance artists like Cut Copy, Bloc Party, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as their ’80s luminaries.” - Pitchfork

 “Let’s just call it. It’s the Album of the Year.” - KEXP

Nation Of Language team up with Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard for a remix of ‘Across That Fine Line’, the original taken from their critically acclaimed album A Way Forward. They also announce their biggest London headline show at KOKO for next year.

A supercharged standout from the album, which the Brooklyn band has brought to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Austin City Limits, Pitchfork Paris, a sold-out UK tour, and more this year, Joe Goddard transforms “a triumphant anthem” (NME) into an unpredictable, thunderous arrangement of synth and percussion. 

“As someone who works mostly alone, it can be fascinating to hear other artists I admire reframing one of our songs,” says Nation of Language’s Ian Devaney. “The way they choose certain moments to accentuate takes me back to the writing process when all of these ideas were first stitched together.”

Nation of Language recently released a stark, seven-minute reimagining of ‘Across That Fine Line’ from Working Men’s Club last month, in addition to standalone single ‘From The Hill’ - their first piece of original music since 2021’s A Way Forward. While ‘Across That Fine Line’ captures the joyous panic of a platonic relationship flipping into something different, ‘From The Hill’ reflects on the times when friendships fall apart over romantic entanglement, further proving why band are “masters of taking the rigid confines of both synth pop and post-punk and expanding them outward, creating emotive, moving pieces in the process” (Consequence). 

Backed with an exclusive, vinyl-only track called ‘Ground Control’, a limited-edition 7" of ‘From The Hill’ is out December 9th. Order it here, where fans can also find newly pressed copies of Nation of Language’s debut Introduction, Presence LP, named one of the Best Reissues of 2022 by Rough Trade. 

Having wrapped a month-long tour across the EU and UK this past weekend, playing dozens of shows with “cutthroat chemistry” – as Pitchfork described in the top six highlights of its Paris music festival – Nation of Language are now back in the studio finishing their third album.