Today they have shared their new single, the beautifully expansive ‘Hurricane’. The track was written “following a friend’s messy, often beautiful, but turbulent relationship. It’s about people who don’t always get it right, perhaps what they’ve got is even a bit toxic, and yet somewhere in there, we keep going. And maybe if we only can survive each other, we become something else entirely in the process.”

Dance Lessons – made up of Anne (vocals, songwriting, keys, production), Nat (guitars) and Tom (bass, backing vocals) – formed in 2020. Their debut singles dropped mid-pandemic to critical acclaim, and they’ve been carving their own lane ever since. The mission: blur the lines between jazz and pop while making bold, emotionally rich music with high-gloss production – thanks to Anne, the creative force behind the desk in a world where just 3% of charting producers are women.

Across its 10 tracks, Beginners explores “our constantly evolving relationships to each other.” The record’s sound is as expansive as its influences – from Kate Bush and Bowie to Solange and Róisín Murphy – and aims to “trick people who say they don’t like jazz into really digging it.”

The band’s unique sonic palette draws comparisons to SAULT, Jungle, Crazy P, Jai Paul, Kindness and Blood Orange, but the result is unmistakably their own. “We think our music blends anything and everything that we love and would want to hear ourselves.”

Beginners:

1. SMABTO
2. Hurricane
3. New Job
4. Insomnia
5. Just Chemistry
6. Plurality
7. I Like Lies
8. How Do You Know
9. Trauma Repair
10. Good Enough
11. Eat Your Loyalty

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‘Good Enough’ is a dreamlike and breezy new single, made up of laidback airy beats and sleek chill-pop. The new single celebrates love and its sheer simplicity; it’s about stripping away the layers of superficiality that so often consume us, acknowledging that sometimes all we need is right in front of us.

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Having released their first three, critically acclaimed singles during the midst of the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the fear and uncertainty of releasing music during this time, threw all their inhibitions away, and encouraged the trio to focus on music they love. Their new double A side ‘Wet Batteries / I Like Lies’ is the product of this.

‘Wet Batteries’ is an upbeat, funky tune, with dreamy vocals and smooth saxophone backdropped by fierce electronics with an angsty riff reminiscent of Bjork’s ‘Army Of Me’. The track is a celebration of being carefree and holding onto your inner child. The single’s juxtaposition of high energy versus the ethereal lightness, opens questions to everything. “It’s about keeping that Peter Pan personality alive” they add.

‘I Like Lies’ is a softer, soulful and more sensual single, with Ann’s enticing vocals at the forefront. Floating through on dreamy sax and electronics, this shimmery track is made up of attitude, embracing stroppy childishness within an adult context. It explores the idea that blissful ignorance might not offer much resolution but it can be healing in its own way, as Ann repeats “don’t speak the truth,” acknowledging that the heartbroken are better off unaware.

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