Hue And Cry announced the release of their 16th., album "Everybody" and shares the first single "Stronger" which is a synth-driven introduction that carries a message of resilience and hope. Now the album is a record where out-and-out electropop sits alongside powerful Latin House and Future Disco. Telling deep romantic tales that mingle with high-concept scenarios and Greg Kane’s glittering soundscapes contain his brother Pat Kane’s insistent, signature vocals.
Everybody will be Pat and Greg Kane’s first album of new material since 2017’s Pocketful Of Stones and sees the duo looking back to their formative influences for inspiration. “Pat wanted to make an electronic record, referencing Bowie’s Low along with Simple Minds, Japan and The Human League,” says Greg.
They spent two years of experimenting with tech new and old before turning to Yoad Nevo (Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran) to assist with the mixing process. "We're still pushing for something new in 2026, says Pat, "From a wall of arpeggiators and synths, humming and pulsing away, we’ve wrested out 10 songs that have as much of our mind, body and soul in them as any of our previous music."
Much of the writing of Everybody dates to the pre-Covid period between 2018 and 2020, a time Pat now recognises as emotionally turbulent. "I was in anguish and I didn't even know it", he says.
The album was delayed by a succession of life-changing events – bereavement, illness, broken relationships, the pandemic and its aftermath – followed by the band's 40th anniversary commitments, making now the first clear moment for the music to finally emerge. “It turns out that Everybody is a love album – but that can mean love of justice, love of tech, love of the future, as much as of our beloveds” Pat says.
It's also a future-facing record, grappling with how we can thrive rather than merely survive and the brothers Kane couldn’t be prouder of what they’re made in Everybody.
Everybody will be released on 29 May on CD, vinyl, digital formats and a limited-edition ultimate collector’s boxset.
The 10-track album will be released on CD and orange vinyl
1. Stronger
2. Everybody Deserves To Be Loved
3. Make My Day
4. And Then You Bloom
5. Dissolve And Disappear
6. I Remember
7. In Our Ruins
8. Kinda Blue, Kinda Love
9. Force Majeure
10. Broken Gods
