HOMOSEXUAL (TURQUOISE VINYL)

TRACK LIST: A1. Let™s Try Being In Love A2. Do You Remember? A3. A Little Death A4. Poison Blood B1. Hey Matt B2. Homosexual (Act One) B3 . Music Video B4. Euphoric Equation C1. Nocturnal Animal C2. Feels Like It™s Over C3. All You Pretty Things D1. We Are Alchemists D2. Homosexual (Act Two) D3. Birth ALBUM OVERVIEW: Darren Hayes continues to flourish with the release of his first new album in over 10 years. ˜Homosexual' was written, recorded, performed and produced entirely by Hayes over a period of two years from his base of Los Angeles. The project follows in the tradition of true break-away solo projects, as Hayes explains, šThe process brought me back to my teen experience of listening to albums like ˜Faith™ by George Michael or ™Sign O The Times™ by Prince. I wanted to convey that same intimacy and complete artistic control and freedom„ Rebellious emancipation was something I was desperate to experience in both my personal and public life›. He™s in confession mode, revisiting his painful teenage years, examining his relationship to his sexuality and reclaiming the experience of surviving a violent childhood and bullying; ridding himself of shame through the lens of queer joy. There™s a deliberate nostalgic musical nod to the safety of the pre-2000™s dance floors and queer sub-cultures that were the soundtrack to his personal coming out story. It™s also a deeply personal insight into relationships at mid-life, set against a musical backdrop of synthwave and post-disco.