Blood Orange Announces Star-Studded New Album 'Essex Honey', Shares Two New Songs
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Vinca Petersen
Dev Hynes has announced a new Blood Orange album.
Written, produced, and recorded by Hynes, 'Essex Honey' marks the musician and producer’s first solo full-length release in six years, and is set to arrive on August 29 via RCA. Reflecting on growing up in Essex, just outside of London, it explores how music has inspired and become woven into Hynes' life, and follows his 2019 mixtape 'Angel's Pulse' and 2018's 'Negro Swan' LP.
Featuring a cast of guest artists, including Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Mustafa, and Turnstile's Brendan Yates, the album will include the two newly shared tracks Somewhere In Between and Mind Loaded. The former serves up ethereal dream-pop tones, while the latter is a more haunting and introspective offering that showcases contributions from Polachek, Lorde, and Mustafa. Press play below.
Hynes previously teased the record with his first new song in three years, The Field, which features The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Polachek and Caesar.
Earlier this month, Hynes announced a European tour for the autumn, which includes three dates at the Alexandra Palace Theatre in London on November 8, 9 and 10, with all shows presented in an intimate, in-the-round setting. He'll then play Electric Bristol on November 13, ahead of supporting Lorde at her Manchester AO Arena show two days later.
He'll also join Lorde and Turnstile as support at select shows on their respective North American dates in late summer and early fall, before returning to North America after his European dates for headline performances in Toronto and Brooklyn. Tickets are on sale now.
In the time since 'Angel's Pulse' and 'Negro Swan', Hynes has worked with a number of artists, recently appearing alongside Paramore's Hayley Williams on Turnstile's 'Never Enough' track Seein' Stars. He has also collaborated with Lorde and Turnstile on their respective new albums, following his 'Four Songs' EP in 2022.
Blood Orange Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed October 29 2025 - BERLIN Columbiahalle (Germany)
Tue November 04 2025 - UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg (Netherlands)
Fri November 07 2025 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Sat November 08 2025 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Sun November 09 2025 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Mon November 10 2025 - LONDON Alexandra Palace
Thu November 13 2025 - BRISTOL Electric Bristol
Wed November 19 2025 - TORONTO Ontario - History (Canada)
Thu November 20 2025 - TORONTO Ontario - History (Canada)
Sat November 29 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Sun November 30 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Tue December 02 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Wed December 03 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Thu December 04 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Fri December 05 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
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