Eighth wonder…

Work continues on our forthcoming eighth album, as yet still untitled.

The album is currently expected to be released some time this autumn, with a single around the same time.

A taste of things to come

Where on earth has that new album got to?

Numerous queries have been fired in our direction, along the lines of “the website has been saying ‘2005’ for months now – will the new album actually be released this year?” Well, finally we can give you an answer (of sorts).

The probable answer is ‘no’. For various personal reasons, work on the eighth album, still under the working title ‘H8’, has been rather slower over recent months. Whilst it is true that we were hoping to release it by now, it now seems increasingly probable that it will be next year by the time it is unleashed.

In the meantime, we’ll update you with the current situation: Around 40 tracks have been written and demoed, and a shortlist of around half have been identified as likely album targets to concentrate upon.  Vocals are steadily being recorded, and a number of ‘final mixes’ have already been completed.

Stay tuned for more when we have it.

"In the first half"

Alright, so we might have been lying when we said the new album would be released in the first half of 2005. Hypernova have been very busy with other projects, and would like to apologise for the delay. There definitely is an album in the pipeline, and it's "Not a Million Miles" from being complete (do you see what we did there?). On the other hand, it's not complete yet either.

In the meantime, writing and recording continues, and the album will definitely (hopefully) be completed this year.

We've also been getting a lot of feedback for the downloads, some of it positive, and so thanks once again to everyone who has listened to our music. Don't forget to keep checking the downloads page for full details - five tracks are now available, and we intend to add the sixth (Solitaire) very shortly.

Yet More Downloads

Once again, thanks for your downloading! Midsummer's Eve will also be available very shortly.

More Downloads

We'd like to thank everyone who has downloaded our tracks over the last month. Altogether 485 people clicked on our tracks over the first 4 weeks! To celebrate, we will be adding our fourth track, Here We Stand, later this week! Visit the links below to listen or download...

Downloads

We are proud to announce our first ever downloads, all released today, from Electromancer.com and Download.com. For the time being we have released three tracks, all from our most recent album Empires: In Your Eyes; Turn the Tide and Not a Million Miles.

Don't forget you can also click on the Discography section below to access audio samples of eleven of our tracks.

Happy new year!

Welcome to the new look Pure Hype website. We'd like to wish everyone a very happy 2005, and we look forward to being the first to reveal the new Hypernova album. Stay tuned!

Not a Million Miles

The six track EP will be released on 29 December, and will include the following tracks:

1. Not a Million Miles (single mix)
2. Time Heals
3. To Live a Lie
4. Back in the Day
5. Not a Million Miles (semi-acoustic)
6. When October Comes (semi-acoustic)

All three exclusive b-sides were originally written and recorded for inclusion on Empires but, for one reason or another, did not make it to the final cut. Time Heals inspired many of  the tracks on the album, while To Live a Lie and Back in the Day are more sombre tracks, the former being similar in many aspects to In Your Eyes.

The new version of When October Comes was originally suggested around the time Solitaire came out, as it was thought this track might be the fourth single. It was initially abandoned because of the complexity of the chords, and then completed in September. The new remixes of Not a Million Miles draw on different aspects of the original, and bring together new sounds and ideas to perfectly complement the original version.

The eighth album

Work continues on the eighth studio album, currently known by its working title H8. Altogether 33 tracks have been recorded or are being worked on. The album is expected to be released at some point in the first half of 2005.

Not a Million Miles

The EP will be released within the next couple of weeks. It is not yet known what the tracklisting will be, although it is expected there will be either 6 or 7 tracks, including three exclusive new tracks and several remixes.

Something in the air

The next single is on its way… but what will it be?

We  released two promotional singles over the last few weeks to test the water and help us decide. They are one track CDs of Not a Million Miles and In Your Eyes. We're thinking about releasing an EP some time in Autumn or Winter.

In other news, we've started working on brand new tracks for our eighth album.

Two pictures on the wall

Coming soon: the third single release from Empires, A Picture on the Wall, including two exclusive new versions and two brand new bonus tracks.

We can now reveal the third single from Empires: A Picture on the Wall.

Following the success of the last single Solitaire, we have decided to release this track to represent the variation of tracks on the album, since this track is musically much more up-tempo than either of its predecessors.

Altogether, three remixed versions of A Picture on the Wall were recorded: two edits and an extended version, all based very closely on the original album version. The final single edit has a shorter introduction and ending, and has one verse removed. The unreleased alternative version keeps the missing verse and instead has shorter instrumental sections, and is unlikely to see a release in the near future. Meanwhile, the extended version has some additional instrumental sections.

The single also once again includes two new bonus tracks, Fateful Hour, which was written over around 18 months starting in March 2002, and Not in My Name, an anti-war rant which was completed this spring after around a year of progress. Both were progressively recorded over the same period as many of the tracks on Empires. The first has an retro electronic sound, while the second is not dissimilar in style to the last single Solitaire.

The confirmed tracklisting is as follows…

01. A Picture on the Wall (Radio Edit)
02. Fateful Hour
03. Not in My Name
04. A Picture on the Wall (Extended)

Solitaire: the new single

Coming soon: the new single, Solitaire, an exclusive extended mix and two brand new b-sides.

Finally, we can bring news of the new single, the second release from our seventh album Empires.

The first single Wherever You Are Now brought more interest in us than any previous release, and the latest album, although widely ignored by the general public, has received considerable critical acclaim. We can now finally reveal that the follow-up single will be Solitaire, due for release on Monday 19th January 2004.

The sleeve artwork will be the one shown below, taken in Grimma, in Saxony, eastern Germany.

The single, much harder and darker in sound than its predecessor, will include the original album version, an exclusive extended version, and two brand new b-sides, A New Leaf and The Hunter’s Smile, both of which were started during 2002 and completed in February 2003. Countless demos have been made of both tracks during the making of the album, but neither were ever seriously considered as contenders for the album.

Both tracks were started off as fairly laid back sounding and were completed in very recent studio sessions, which is also when the extended version of Solitaire was recorded, as well as various other tracks. The final version of The Hunter’s Smile is fairly harsh and electronic in style.

The confirmed tracklisting is as follows…

01. Solitaire (Album Version)

02. A New Leaf

03. The Hunter’s Smile

04. Solitaire (Extended)

This is the first single release since 1999 to have more than three tracks on it, thanks to changes in UK chart rules in January.

Second single

There has been considerable speculation about the second single from Empires. Unfortunately nothing can be revealed at present (mainly because it hasn't been decided yet). We will bring you the latest news as soon as possible.

Empires chronology

The story begins way back when Zero was being polished off. A handful of tracks were completed around the start of 2002:

January-July 2002 — Blind Youth, To Live a Lie and Only the Used Key Shines.

The first tracks written after Zero was released were in a fairly similar vein to the sixth album. In many ways, they were a progression from that project.

November 2002 — Sanctuary, A Picture on the Wall, Time Heals, When October Comes, Midsummer’s Eve and House of Cards.

In Autumn 2002, some very different tracks were written. Many were much darker and deeper than those on the previous album. At this stage, the seventh album looked like being extremely down-tempo.

February 2003 — A Place in History, Turn the Tide, The Hunter’s Smile, In Your Eyes, Never Wanted This, A New Leaf, The Source, From the Distance, Waiting for the Moment and The Final Problem.

Two things happened at the start of 2003. Many of the older unfinished tracks were finally completed, but also some more up-tempo tracks started to emerge.

May-July 2003 — Solitaire, Wherever You Are Now, Point of No Return and Back in the Day.

By mid 2003, Simon especially was starting to think about taking the album in different directions. Many tracks are darker and more industrial, inspired by the likes of Goldfrapp and Ladytron.

July-October 2003 — Not a Million Miles, Golden Wheel…

Empires

The tracklisting has finally been announced for the new Hypernova album. Entitled Empires, it includes twelve brand new tracks all recorded over the last year.

01. Wherever You Are Now
02. Here We Stand
03. Not a Million Miles
04. Solitaire
05. Turn the Tide
06. Shimmering in Blue
07. In Your Eyes
08. A Picture on the Wall
09. When October Comes
10. Only the Used Key Shines
11. Midsummer's Eve
12. The Final Problem

The album (catalogue number CDNOVA 7), will be released on November 10.

Visit the Empires minisite for further details.

Wherever You Are Now

Details have finally been revealed concerning the brand new Hypernova single. It's revealed as Wherever You Are Now, backed with two exclusive new tracks, The Source and From the Distance.

01. Wherever You Are Now
02. From the Distance
03. The Source

The single (catalogue number CDSVEN 1), will be released on October 13. The album, still as yet untitled, will follow shortly after.

Further details are available at the H7 minisite.

Coming soon!

The seventh album is well on its way. An early Autumn release is expected.

New material

Something new is just around the corner…