Brian Eno and Featie Wolfe officially announce two collaborative albums, Luminal and Lateral, which are set to be released June 6, 2025, via Verve Records. The start of the partnership began initially with their meeting in 2022 during an SXSW talk titled Art & Climate, according to Consequence. They later reconnected in London, where they were displaying their art in different galleries in the city.
Luminal features 11 tracks with Lateral being split into eight ambient movements, each one titled “Big Empty Country.” Eno and Wolfe revealed the list of words from their languages that solidified their artistic process.
Music is about making feelings happen… There are many beautiful words for such feelings in other languages and cultures — words that don’t exist in English,” they said. “By giving a feeling a name, we make that feeling more likely to be felt, more tangible.” Some of those words include the Italian commuovere (“the experience of being moved”) and the Arabic term ya’aburnee (“not wanting to live in a world without someone”),” stated both artists.
Both albums are said for released in June 2025 with the singles “Suddenly” and “Big Empty Country” currently available on major platforms.
Luminal Tracklist:
Milky Sleep
Hopelessly at Ease
My Lovely Days
Play On
Shhh
Suddenly
A Ceiling and a Lifeboat
And Live Again
Breath March
Never Was It Now
What We Are
Lateral Digital Tracklist:
Big Empty Country Pt. I
Big Empty Country Pt. II
Big Empty Country Pt. III
Big Empty Country Pt. IV
Big Empty Country Pt. V
Big Empty Country Pt. VI
Big Empty Country Pt. VII
Big Empty Country Pt. VIII
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