Overmono announce their hotly-anticipated second album Pure Devotion, arriving Friday, 7 August.
Sharing a name with the beloved series of live events they launched in 2024, Pure Devotion is Overmono’s most ambitious project to date. It’s the sound of beautiful imperfections, machine malfunctions and happy accidents, harnessed by the unflinching confidence that Overmono – aka brothers Tom and Ed Russell – have gained through years at the vanguard of underground electronic music, and subsequent breakthrough as one of the defining dance music acts of the decade.
Across the 11 tracks, Overmono have pushed their recording process into bold new territories, adopting experimental production techniques that involve synthesisers from the 70s and 80s, an antiquated train announcement speaker, and literally baking a crash cymbal in the oven. There’s a powerful sense of intention and physicality embedded in every choice, which extends to the emotive vocal features from revered British poet John Joseph Holt, close collaborator Kindora, and Paul Institute’s Ruthven. It’s an album that chooses emotion over desensitisation. Craft over efficiency. It’s a labour of love. Pure Devotion.
What started as a radical reimagining of Overmono’s live show in 2024 evolved into a phenomenon – from headlining Glastonbury’s West Holts to selling out London’s Alexandra Palace and curating Manchester’s Warehouse Project. As Pure Devotion grew onstage in front of tens of thousands of people, its core ideas deepened and crystallised via isolated writing and recordings retreats to Spain and Iceland with nothing but two synths and an FX unit, channeling the momentum into the most life-affirming and groundbreaking music of their career.
Exemplifying this is the album’s lead single, ‘Lockup’. Premiered as Radio 1’s Hottest Record, it’s an unflinching, immediate track that came about after reading Simon Reynolds’ book Rip it Up and Start Again. Excited by the impulsive rule-breaking of the Post-punk era, Overmono descended a rabbit hole which led to them sampling cult Birmingham band Fast Relief’s ‘What A Waste’. The pummelling beats and chest-rattling basslines provide the hard exterior for beautifully tender chords – a juxtaposition visually represented by Doberman in the accompanying cinematic visual, shot and directed by long-time collaborator Rollo Jackson, watch here.
Across 2026, these songs will be soundtracking mass euphoria at Overmono’s live appearances, including a huge sold-out headline show at the Old Royal Naval College on 7th August, and stand-out festivals like Movement Festival (24 May), Primavera Sound (4 June), Down The Rabbit Hole (5 July), We Love Green (6 July), and more.
In 2023, Overmono dropped their debut album Good Lies. The record honoured UK club music’s deep legacy, while optimistically leaping towards its future, and it united Tom and Ed Russell’s urges for mind-blowing experimentalism with an unpretentious desire to make an immediate connection. Freshly energised by the cultural impact, critical buzz and commercial success off Good Lies Overmono spent the last two years touring the globe, hitting huge milestones – closing Glastonbury’s West Holts stage, selling out London’s 10,000 capacity venue Alexandra Palace, headlining and curating Manchester’s Warehouse Project and touring across the USA, Australia and Japan. A lot of artists feel fatigued after touring, but Overmono’s desire to get in the studio and create only got stronger. Continually writing while on the road, they released a run of highly sought-after and adored collaborations with Joy Orbison, High Contrast, Fred Again, Lil Yachty, Kwengface, and The Streets.
Pre-order / pre-save Pure Devotion here.
Stream / download ‘Lockup’ here.
