STACK #202 Aug 2021

FEATURE MUSIC

Jungle L-R: Josh Lloyd,Tom McFarland

INTERVIEW

Stirring and thrilling and beating with warmth, Loving In Stereo will elevate you to a place where the dancefloor flies free from physicality and all affection exists in hi-fi.We spoke about the new album toTom McFarland – one half of celebrated English electronic duo Jungle. Read the full interview online @ stack.com.au. Words Zoë Radas TOM MCFARLAND JUNGLE

was like 'Don't look at us, we're very self- conscious'. The second record was like 'Look at us, but don't ', and this one is like 'Look at each other, and have a ripper time,'” he chuckles. Though there could never be a formula to the propulsive potions McFarland and bandmate Josh Lloyd cook up, there is a shining path forward: “You don’t want to overwork an idea, 'cos it just f-cking sucks when you do,” McFarland explains. “You can spend hours and hours, days and days, trying to make something better that was already really good, and you end up just making

T here's a Mitch Hedberg joke that goes: “It's hard to dance if you just lost your wallet. 'Woah, where's my wallet? But, hey, this song is funky!'” If we can loosely compare the average human's current mental state to a kind of psychological losing of their wallet, then it follows that doing something as pure as dancing can

surging and soaring, to ease us into this healing communal space and say, 'I know you're hurting, but you're allowed to get out of your head.' “I think we knew that the album needed something like that,” says Tom McFarland of the

The first thing you play is the best thing for that idea

it heaps worse. Literally what Josh and I realised quite quickly – and it's something that we don’t necessarily tell ourselves often enough – is that the first thing you play is the best thing for that idea..."

English producer duo. “The lyrics are amazing – 'Dry your

Loving In Stereo by Jungle is out August 13 via AWAL.

seem absurd (at the least; at the worst, you might beat yourself up about it). That's why the opening track of Jungle's third album is so apt. It's a balm, with violins

tears, don't cry' – and it really does introduce the listener to the vibe of the record; it's probably our most positive album to date. The first album

Continue reading the full interview online at stack.com.au

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