LA Priest has announced the album Into the Sky, co-written and co-produced with Boys Noize, arriving August 28 via Domino. The first single, ‘Ever No’, pulses gently into a dancefloor-ready record, while Sam Eastgate frames the project as music “for the mind a
LA Priest doesn’t ease into Into the Sky so much as it invites you to follow it. The first sign is the single ‘Ever No’—a gently pulsating track that puts Sam Eastgate’s voice front and center, singing, “Good God, I love you more than you could ever know.”
Now the full shape of that invitation is clear. LA Priest has announced a new album called Into the Sky, co-written and co-produced by Boys Noize. The LP is set for release on August 28 via Domino, with ‘Ever No’ leading the way.
Eastgate talks about the record in terms of movement as much as meaning. “I’m not sure which way I’m going. but it’s exciting – that’s the spirit of this album. ” he said of the new album. “For a long time, I wanted to make stuff for your mind. This one is more for the mind and the body. I made this record to dance to. I haven’t really done one that you could put on and dance all the way through before.”.
That contrast—thinking-forward lyrics, bodies-first rhythm—sits at the center of why the collaboration with Alex Ridha matters. Eastgate and Boys Noize, aka Alex Ridha, have known each other since Ridha’s Late of the Pier days in the late 2000s, when they were “basically teenagers.”
For Eastgate, the choice wasn’t only about friendship. “The reason I thought of Alex,” Eastgate said, “is because he’s doing such an innovative job in electronic music and I’m revisiting a style I haven’t done for a long time.”
He elaborated on what that revisiting involves: “I’ve always liked the homemade feel of very early techno. that’s why all the songs have the same drum machine and the same synth. How much ground can you cover with just a few sounds?. How many different kinds of emotions can you show with one or two machines?. That’s what I find exciting.”.
Director Joe Bird has made a video for ‘Ever No’, giving the single a visual entry point ahead of the album rollout. Into the Sky’s tracklist then lays out a full journey—from “Rayon” and “No Other” through “Voices,” “Breathe,” and the title track “Into The Sky,” finishing with “Time” and “Message.”
Into the Sky arrives on August 28 via Domino, and it’s already being presented as something specific: a record made to keep going, made from a limited palette, and built to turn thought into motion without losing feeling.
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So it’s like… a sky album? lol ok.
I don’t get the whole “for the mind and the body” thing. Like are they gonna actually tell you what to think while you dance? Seems kinda weird but I’ll probably still listen.
Wait Boys Noize is co-writing with LA Priest now?? I thought Boys Noize was more like club/techno producer background stuff, not collaborating on whole albums. Also “Ever No” sounds like it’s about not loving God?? maybe I’m reading it wrong.
August 28 via Domino… Domino like pizza? so are we getting an album or coupons lol. The article says same drum machine and synth for everything so I’m kinda worried it’ll all blend together. But the “dance all the way through” part got me, I guess. Video for ‘Ever No’ too, so if it’s weird visually I’ll blame that.