They have recorded in many different places like New Orleans, El Paso and Mount Desert Island, and some of the collaborators are Josh Tillman – aka
Father John Misty – Portishead's
Geoff Barrow and composer Owen Pallett. And this is not the first time we're listening to some of the songs, as they debuted them in Coachella a few weeks ago.
WE is a 40-minute album that talks about the forces that threaten to further us from the people we love and the urgent need to overcome them. It is a cathartic experience full of contrasts, a deep and insightful journey into darkness and light, in which they channel fear, loneliness and isolation in the first part – something we've all had to live through these past 3 years – and pure joy and bliss from the power of reconnection in the second part.