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Plus Lost Under Heaven, Frankie Rose, Gruff Rhys, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 24, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2023. Thanks in part to the Presidents Day holiday on Monday, the week was light on big album announcements, but there were still enough worthy songs to pick from. More
The First Single From Something is Announced by your Life
Feb 22, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Lost Under Heaven have announced a new album, Something is Announced by your Life, and shared its first single, “Shadowboxing,” via a music video. More
Funded By Their Patreon Page
Oct 16, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven have shared a new song “Alpha Omega.” While the band were formerly signed to Mute, this is their first independent self-release and was funded by supporters on their Patreon page. Patreon supporters got to hear the song several days early. More
New Version of a Song from Love Hates What You Become on Mute
Jul 16, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) released a new album, Love Hates What You Become, back in January via Mute. Now they have shared a new version of the album’s “Black Sun Rising,” dubbed “Black Sun Rising (Expanded),” via a video for the track. More
Originally Recorded for Love Hates What You Become on Mute
Jun 04, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) released a new album, Love Hates What You Become, back in January via Mute. Now they have shared a new song, “Teen Violence,” that was originally recorded during the sessions for the album. More
Plus SOAK, SASAMI, POND, Beirut, Priests, Steve Gunn, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 11, 2019
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2019. We took an extended break in December, as there aren’t too many notable new songs released at the end of the year (beyond endless Christmas covers), but the past week has been filled with exciting new album announcements, most accompanied by new singles worthy of consideration for this list. More
Love Hates What You Become Due Out January 18 via Mute
Jan 09, 2019
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) are releasing a new album, Love Hates What You Become, on January 18 via Mute. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Come,” via a virtual reality video for the song. More
Plus Lost Under Heaven, Lala Lala, J Mascis, The Goon Sax, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Aug 24, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
This week’s Songs of the Week is packed. Firstly boygenius, the new supergroup featuring Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus, and Phoebe Bridgers, released three songs this week and all were worthy of the list. Thus we decided to expand it from a Top 10 to a Top 12, so that 10 separate artists were still included, be even that wasn’t enough, so we added one more for an unlucky Top 13. More
Love Hates What You Become Due Out January 18, 2019 via Mute
Aug 22, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) have announced a new album, Love Hates What You Become, and shared a video for its new single, “For the Wild.” More
Plus Tracyanne & Danny, Mass Gothic, Future Islands, Dirty Projectors, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
May 04, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Last week’s Songs of the Week encompassed two week’s worth of songs. This week we’re back to normal. This week’s list features lots of Songs of the Week alumni, with three of the top four being former #1s. More
Band Announce U.K. Tour Dates
May 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) have shared a new song, “Bunny’s Blues,” via its bloody video. It follows “Breath of Light,” a new song they shared back in March (it was one of our Songs of the Week). The band has also announced some new U.K. tour dates. More
Plus Ryley Walker, Young Fathers, Lost Under Heaven, Gwenno, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 02, 2018
By Mark Redfern
It was another good week for new songs. Any of our Top 3 songs could’ve been our #1 and we also quite enjoyed CHVRCHES’ collaboration with The National‘s Matt Berninger (on a weaker week that probably would’ve been #1). More
Perhaps the Band is Working on a Follow-up to 2016’s Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
Mar 02, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Lost Under Heaven (who were formerly known mainly by their initials LUH) have shared a new song, “Breath of Light.” More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Out Now via Mute
Nov 10, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo released their debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, earlier this year via Mute. Now they have shared a video for “Lament.” More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Out Now via Mute
Aug 25, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo released their debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, earlier this year via Mute. More
Issue 57 Also Includes Interview with Lush, Primal Scream, John Carpenter, Frightened Rabbit, Underworld, Yeasayer, Frankie Cosmos, Julien Baker, Cat's Eyes, School of Seven Bells, Parquet Courts, Fear of Men, Minor Victories, Kevin Morby, and More
May 06, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our May/June 2016 issue (out May, June, and into July), which has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, and the magazine apps Zinio, Readly, and Readbug. The issue features M83 on the cover. More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Due Out Friday via Mute
May 03, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo are releasing their debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, this Friday via Mute. Now they have shared another song from the record, “,” which Roberts says has a “zeitgeist dystopian club aesthetic.” Listen below. More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Due Out May 6 via Mute
Apr 20, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo are releasing their debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, on May 6 via Mute. Now they have released the video for the previously shared single “Beneath the Concrete.” Hoorn directed the clip, which superimposes images of the duo performing the song on top of distorted cityscapes and themselves. More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Due Out May 6 via Mute
Mar 29, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo are releasing their debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, on May 6 via Mute. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Beneath the Concrete.” More
Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Due Out May 6 via Mute
Mar 08, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
LUH, which stands for Lost Under Heaven, is the new band from ex-WU LYF frontman Ellery James Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. The duo have now announced their debut album. Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing is due out May 6 via Mute. Below is a trailer for the album, along with its tracklist and cover art. More
First Single and a New Website
Oct 16, 2014
By Laura Studarus
WU LYF may have gone gently into that good night, but that doesn’t mean that good things aren’t emerging from the breakup. More
Interviews
Roberts on 2016's Best Albums, Trump and the Election, Brexit, First Kisses, and Scary Movies
Feb 07, 2017
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. More
Jul 13, 2016
By Matt Fink
When WU LYF finally collapsed in November of 2012, bringing to a close four years of breathless “next big thing” predictions and escalating disenchantment among the Manchester band’s four members, vocalist Ellery James Roberts was ready to move on. More
Reviews
May 20, 2016
By Scott Dransfield
I was recently trying to describe LUH‘s excellent debut album, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, to a coworker, and he asked what kind of music the band plays. Even after several listens, I was a little baffled: “Rock, sort of… but with mostly electronic instrumentation? I think?” More