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Thursday 5th November 2015

Off the back of the year’s biggest debut album by a British band, Years & Yearsannounce details of their new single – ‘Eyes Shut’ – due for impact onNovember 13th on Polydor.

This summer saw Years & Years release one of the most hotly anticipated debut records of the year. Entering the UK charts at #1 and Top 10 in 10 countries internationally ‘Communion’ has now sold over 650,000 copies worldwide. ‘Shine’, the previous single, spent 8 weeks on the Radio 1 playlist, charting at #2 the week of album release and King has sold over 1 million worldwide.

New single ‘Eyes Shut’ showcases a more introspective facet of the album,exploring stark and brooding lyrical subject matter only to emerge as a consoling and majestically soaring ballad. "The time I wrote it I was feeling very depressed so it was a bit more introspective than the other songs, says frontmanOlly Alexander. “I wrote it to be kind of a personal torch song.”

The imaginative and escapist video for the song reflects this: “The song is about self preservation and wanting to hide from disaster. For the video we created a dystopian world and let ourselves loose in it”, Olly explains

Posted by Craig Jones