Description
Romareāreal name Archie Fairhurstāreturns with his new album āHomeā, marking his 3rd on Ninja Tune and first full length album since 2016ās critically acclaimed āLove Songs: Part Twoā. It follows the recently released āGone / Dangerā 12ā, his most direct dancefloor record to date, which Resident Advisor described as āAn engrossing eight minutes of cinematic house musicā.
The release of āHomeā comes after a lifetime of being on the move for Fairhurst, he spent his childhood travelling constantly with his family as his parents moved around the world for work, before finally settling in the UK. This nomadic lifestyle would continue with his burgeoning career as a musician taking him off touring the world (playing over 150 shows in the last 2 years alone). Which brings us to āHomeā, The new album marks a new chapter in Fairhustās life with a move out of London to the countryside and starting a family, a move which has āgiven me peace and quietā he comments. The new addition of his own home-built studio adds to this feeling of being content and settled, having worked from various bedroom studios in the past.
The album artwork, created by Fairhurst himself, uses a collage technique consisting of black and white cut-out images, each representing an artist or group sampled in the album's creation.