Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, release their fourth studio album Host via Sinderlyn. With praise for singles: ‘Spit You Out‘ that Consequence of Sound compares to a “My Bloody Valentine sample,” ‘Trials‘ that Entertainment Weekly calls “a witchy dream-pop track that channels the creepiness of an abandoned opera house” and Variety calls “remarkably atmospheric,” “No Risk” that The Line of Best Fit calls “empowering,” and “Monolithic”...
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Cults have released a new single and video ‘Monolithic‘ off their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. ‘Monolithic’, that Stereogum describes as “Cults’ classic earworm melodies with the band’s new cinematic scope” now gets cinematic video treatment. The video is centered around a larger stone monolithic that is allowing Cults (and those who also enter “The Strong Magnetic Field”) to move through space and time. Director Will McDowell...
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Cults (pictured), aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, share their third single ‘No Risk‘ off their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. The peppy melody of ‘No Risk’ is accompanied by a self assured sentiment that without taking risk, there is no reward. Cults on ‘No Risk’: Antithetical to the title, the song is all about the benefits of taking risks, and how difficult that...
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Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, announce their fourth studio album Host out September 18 via Sinderlyn. Along with the announcement, the duo share their second single ‘Trials‘ which follows the pulsating single ‘Spit You Out.’ Cults on ‘Trials’: “Trials focuses on the power that addictions and harmful ideologies have to transform. The chorus walks a tightrope between a metaphor for gaslighting and a despairing worry about...
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Nearly a decade ago Cults (pictured) emerged with their breakout single, ‘Go Outside,’ which the New York Times hailed as “one of the indie rock highlights” of the year. Little did we know that song was a premonition to a global pandemic where we now plead their lyrics “I really wanna go outside.” Now, Cults, aka multi-instrumentalist/singer Madeline Follin and multi-instrumentalist Brian Oblivion, share their new pulsating single ‘Spit You Out‘...
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New York City duo Cults have revealed Offering B-Sides & Remixes, a companion release to 2017’s LP Offering that includes 3 previously unreleased songs and a new remix of ‘Recovery’ by famed producer John Fryer. While Cults made their name in black and white – a pair of film school dropouts who in 2010 burst onto the New York scene with a perfect single and a darkly retro sound. Their 2017...
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Cults have released their new album Offering, an exciting collection of songs exploding with heart, confidence, shimmering melody and buzzing life. At the same time, it goes places Cults haven’t gone before. Offering marks the band’s first LP since the 2013 album Static. It also marks the beginning of a more collaborative phase for Cults. The duo have always traded ideas, but for the first time they sat down to jam...
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Following the recent video to ‘I Took Your Picture’, Cults have shared new single ‘Right Words’ from their forthcoming album Offering, released on 6 October. Listen below! Of the track they note, “We are excited to share ‘Right Words,’ the fourth track off of Offering. This song was like the nebula of the album. We worked on it forever because it kept breeding new parts that would go on to be...
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Cults share their latest video for single ‘I Took Your Picture’ from their upcoming new album Offering, out on October 6. Watch it below! The video, directed by Elliott Sellers, was shot in Piermont, NY, where Cults first recorded Go Outside and their first EP. The ending scene was shot on top of Brian Oblivion’s roof in NYC. ‘I Took Your Picture’ follows the release of the title track from the...
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‘I Took Your Picture’ is another taste of what’s to come from Cults’ new album Offering, out October 6. Listen to the second single below! The band note, “I Took Your Picture was inspired by falling into a deeper love with 80’s power pop bands like The Motels and The Cars. It’s a song about fleeting moments and how we let past feelings interrupt the possibility for good things to happen. ‘Tinge...
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Cults announce their return with a new album, Offering, out Friday 6 October. The album marks their first since 2013’s Static, and with that have shared the LP’s title track ‘Offering’. Listen below! On the single, the band note, “We had been working on a lot of songs for a long time and when this one came together it felt like a release. We were trying to make a jam about finding...
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