The lights of the city come on one by one, forging their defences against the encroaching darkness. There’s a killer on the loose tonight, but it’s no werewolf - this time, what you fear is human. It might even be you.

To a band that studies the sinister side of human experience, the twilight, that moment of suspension between light and dark, holds endless fascination. Singer, songwriter, and founding member of Faker, Nathan Hudson, admits that it’s always been one of his nightmares. “I’ve had a fear of twilight ever since I was a kid,’ he says. ‘Anything could happen.”

There comes a time when fears must be faced, sacrifices made, choices stated, hands forced. And for Hudson, that’s what the new record addresses. “The last record was caught in a place of nostalgia… essentially this record is about change - and making it happen.”

Faker is a band which knows how to make it happen. If any restraining influences were ... read more »