Following a World First on Zane Lowe’s show on Beats 1, Gengahr today share the soaring “Icarus”, from their much anticipated third full-length album, Sanctuary, released this Friday 31st January 2020 via Liberator Music (part of The Mushroom Group). About the song, the band said: 

““Icarus” is a song about growing up and coming to terms with the expectations of our youth. As a child we believe anything is possible but as we get older there is a crushing realisation as we begin to understand that the journey of life has its own uncontrollable trajectory. Dave East, who made the videos for “Heavenly Maybe” and “Everything & More”, created the visuals to go with it. Shot near his home in Cape Town the film depicts a car driving down one mountain at night in search of another to climb – much as in life, as we abandon one weight of expectation in search of a new pinnacle.”

Sanctuary alsofeatures the single “Heavenly Maybe” which is currently playlisted at BBC Radio 1 and was Tune Of The Week on Radio 1’s Greg James’ Breakfast Show last week. Described by DIY as “a pleasing slice of indie-pop” and by Clash as “an ultra-infectious new synth jammer”, the track is also A-listed at BBC 6 Music and is at 29 in Spotify’s UK Viral Weekly Chart. Listen in to Radio 1 tonight to hear Gengahr live in session with Annie Mac at Maida Vale and to BBC 6 Music tomorrow as Sanctuary will be their Album Of The Day. 

Gengahr will perform a series of intimate instores around the UK next month, including Rough Trade East in London on 3rd February. The North London four-piecealso headline a UK and European tour with their biggest London show to date at EartH in Hackney on Friday 21st February 2020. Tickets are available now via SeeTickets and full live and instore dates are listed below with all UK and Irish shows in bold.