Matthew Herbert has announced a third instalment in his series of domestic house albums under the name Herbert, following 2001’s Bodily Functions and 1998’s Around The House. The new album is called Musca and saw the British electronic composer collaborate remotely with eight singers, Verushka Grebenar-George, Siân Roseanna, Allie Armstrong, Bianca Rose, Melissa Uye-Parker, Daisy Godfrey, Yakoto Kieck and Joy Morgan. Musca also features six other incredible musicians, Tom Skinner, Nick Ramm, Tom Herbert, Finn Peters, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and Leo Taylor.

About the album, Herbert commented:

“Like presumably many other albums made during the last year, Musca reflects on navigating the challenges and joys of our most intimate relationships whilst the world is in turmoil. Not just with Covid, but with the rise in state and political violence, facebook-friendly fascism, white supremacy and a climate in crisis.”

Musca will see the light of day on October 22nd through Accidental Records and Herbert has shared a first taste from it, ‘The Way’, featuring Ghanaian-German singer Y’akoto.  ‘The Way’, describes Herbert, ‘is a surrender to the intimacy we found ourselves face to face with on a daily basis’. Listen to it below.