London-based artist & multi-instrumentalist Alfie Templeman is back with his towering new single “Hello Lonely,” the third and latest preview of his hotly anticipated sophomore album Radiosoul set to arrive on June 7th, 2024 via Chess Club Records / AWAL.
Swirling disco and acid pop into a track that bursts with glossy falsettos and fuzzed-out guitars, “Hello Lonely” encases a deceptive introspection: the 21-year-old artist’s reflections on the chasm between work life & personal life, and the need to check in on your own sanity during those quiet moments when you retreat home.
“To me, this song captures those existential thoughts everyone seemed to have during the pandemic (and even post-pandemic) where everyone kinda said ‘So what now?’,” says Alfie about the track. “I’ve always had a bit of a dodgy social battery and sometimes struggle with social media and touring as it can require a lot of energy to get on stage 100 times a year and maintain conversation with so many different people. When you have such a different work life compared to home life, silence becomes pretty deafening and very intense. ‘Hello Lonely’ is about coping with those big quiet moments and checking in on your own sanity.”
A self-taught musical polymath who’s conquered nearly a dozen instruments himself, Templeman teamed up with a cast of heavy hitters to craft Radiosoul, which features collaborations with guitar-maestro Nile Rodgers (Chic) and sought-after producers Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C.), Oscar Scheller (Arlo Parks, Charli XCX), Charlie J Perry (Jorja Smith, BTS), Karma Kid, Will Bloomfield, Justin Young and Josh Scarbrow. Recorded over 5 months predominantly in South London, the project melts with red-hot guitar riffs, unabashedly maximalist production, and psych-pop elements as vibrant as tie-dye.
Leading up to today’s release of Alfie Templeman’s “Hello Lonely,” the record has been teased over the past few months by way of Alfie’s recent singles “Eyes Wide Shut” and the title track “Radiosoul.”
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