Due for release on September 4th, Hurts’ highly anticipated new album ‘Faith’ marks a new era for the duo. Born out of adversity, the group found themselves battling through a creative stasis to emerge on the other side stronger, more raw and better than they’ve ever been. Featuring the already released tracks ‘Voices’, ‘Suffer’ and ‘Redemption’, today Hurts reveal a new offering, ‘Somebody’.
A full-bodied cut of bombastic pop with a truly dynamic edge, ‘Somebody’ broadens the sonic palette of the group further beyond their previous efforts. An unapologetically uplifting track, the composition of ‘Somebody’ builds towards repeated bursts of energy, with Adam Anderson’s impactful arrangements allowing Theo Hutchcraft’s vocal to soar even higher. The track’s video continues Hurts’ passion for the conceptual, with Hutchcraft going through the motions walking through a surreal city populated by exotic birds; his hollow pacing only being held up by violent jerks as if a demon is being exorcised, before culminating in a frenzied freeform dance routine. ‘Somebody’ continues the lineage of a classic Hurts visual; considered, art-filled, and powerful, laden with subliminal meaning throughout.
On the track, the band say:
“SOMEBODY is a song about defiance, strength and getting back up when you’ve been knocked down. It’s a change of gear from the other songs we’ve released so far, but it showcases an intensity and energy that occupies part of the album.”
Alongside the release of ‘Somebody’, Hurts have also announced their return to their spiritual home - the live stage - for the ‘Faith’ World Tour. Taking place across 17 countries and three months, the tour starts on February 11th 2021 in Azerbaijan before stopping in Kazakhstan, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and the UK, culminating in a special homecoming show in Manchester on 16th April. Full list of dates are below.
Pre-sale tickets for the Germany and UK shows are available with a pre-order of ‘Faith’ via the Hurts store on Wednesday 5th August at 9am BST / 10am CEST, while general sale for the whole tour goes live on Friday 7th August at 9am BST / 10am CEST.
Hurts ‘Faith’ World Tour 2021
11/02 - Baku - Azerbaijan
14/02 - Almaty - Kazakhstan
17/02 - Vladivostok - Russia
18/02 - Khabarovsk - Russia
20/02 - Irkutsk - Russia
22/02 - Krasnoyarsk - Russia
23/02 - Novosibirsk - Russia
25/02 - Surgut - Russia
27/02 - Ekaterinburg - Russia
01/03 - Nizhny Novgorod - Russia
02/03 - Kazan - Russia
04/03 - Ufa - Russia
05/03 - Samara - Russia
07/03 - Sochi - Russia
08/03 - Krasnodar - Russia
09/03 - Voronezh - Russia
11/03 - Saint Petersburg - Russia
13/03 - Moscow - Russia
14/03 - Moscow - Russia
21/03 - Helsinki - Finland
23/03 - Tallinn - Estonia
25/03 - Riga - Latvia
26/03 - Kaunas - Lithuania
27/03 - Minsk - Belarus
29/03 - Kharkiv - Ukraine
30/03 - Odesa - Ukraine
31/03 - Kyiv - Ukraine
02/04 - Bratislava - Slovakia
03/04 - Prague - Czech Republic
04/04 - Berlin - Germany
06/04 - Warsaw - Poland
07/04 - Katowice - Poland
09/04 - Munich - Germany
10/04 - Zurich - Switzerland
12/04 - Brussels - Belgium
13/04 - Amsterdam - Netherlands
15/04 - London - UK O2 Academy Brixton
16/04 - Manchester – UK O2 Apollo
