¡Hola, hola! Thank you for taking the time to talk to us also, and glad you are enjoying the new album. We are always amazed at how lucky we are to be alive and free, and this new record is a celebration of that. In these often dark and troubled times, yes, we are trying to offer hope and a vision to move forward with.

Really, we tried to capture the energy and essence of the band on this record, really digging deep down into the roots of the band and bringing to the surface its purest, concentrated form. We started as a band playing only live shows, no recordings, and our plan was to make people dance and have a transcendent experience at the gigs. When we made this record, the moods or messages we had in mind were joy, light, and happiness, but also introspection, meditation and healing.

So much has happened in our lives and in the world since our last record, and we feel like we have learnt and experienced a lot as individuals and as a band. But also musically from all our travels, so it makes sense that our sound has developed over this time. Positivity is definitely a theme that runs throughout.

The pandemic times were very healing for us as a band and personally. After so many years working and touring non-stop, it was the break we really needed to reflect. When we came back together to finish writing and recording this record we were totally refreshed and had a lot of energy and experience to pour into it. It also put into perspective what we missed about each other’s contribution to the music. We came to understand through absence from each other, all the different strengths each one brings to the band.

It happens in so many different ways, it’s hard to pin down exactly. Often the tracks evolve from a particular melodic lyrical moment or idea that you can’t get out of your head. Once we stumble across this theme or concept we try and do all we can to condense it down to its essence, and then write parts around it that support and complexify its ideas.

We are musicians, artists, and writers really out of love more than anything else, but also try and express our philosophy of peace and oneness in the most pure way. The melodies come really from the ether and we can’t really say for sure how they manifest, it is something primal that is in all human beings that we try to capture and express on the recordings.

Contrast has always been important to us and more so than ever on an LP. This is because a full-length album gives us the chance to express all our different tastes and styles, and indeed an opportunity for fans to find what side of our music they love beyond the singles. We have been amazed to see how varied the different songs that our friends and family say are their favourite on this record. It’s super fulfilling also being able to work on all these different styles and moods and experiment with the idea of what is or could be a Crystal Fighters song.

We are really stoked with Multiverse. We created the seed of it initially with Nick Littlemore, who we admire very much, and then worked on it ourselves and then enlisted Ghost Culture to help us finish the production. We enjoy how we managed to keep it raw and unfiltered like we used to do in the early days.

Yes, we are super pumped for the album tour around Europe this coming February and March. The new live show is shaping up to be awesome and we look forward to bringing a massive energy and celebration and dance party to every show that we do, as we always have. The way that the new songs are sounding weaved in with the classics and the visuals and lights is quite moving for us, it really feels like it’s going to be a special one and we hope very much to see you there.