Darren Hayes - Secret Codes & Battleships
Darren Hayes- multi-platinum artist and prolific songwriter is one of pop’s most influential talents. After two phenomenally successful albums with Savage Garden, three pioneering solo albums and 26 million sales- he returns in fine form with the release of his highly anticipated new album, Secret Codes & Battleships- out October 24th on Powdered Sugar Records.
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Secret Codes & Battleships is Darren’s first proudly mainstream pop album in four years and it might just be the best of his career. Recorded around the world from Stockholm, to Los Angeles and Sydney, it sees Darren collaborate with the likes of Robert Orton (Lady Gaga), Carl Falk (The Wanted, Nicole Scherzinger, One direction), Phil Thornalley (Pixie Lott, Natalie Imbrugila), Steve Robxon (Taylor Swift, Take That) and Walter Afanasieff (Savage Garden’s Affirmation album and Darren’s Spin).
The album is a deeply personal journey from despair ("I'd forgotten how to dream," he admits) to hope, and as with all journeys, there's a beginning, a middle and an end.
On the set list there is new single Black Out The Sun (out October 2nd), the string-laden Talk Talk Talk, the spine-tingling Hurt and Don’t Give Up which touches hearts and tightens stomachs with the melodic flair and searing honesty that is Darren's calling card.
Bloodstained Heart concerns the "worst day of the worst month of the worst year, but it says I will pick up your pulsing, bloodstained heart from the gutter and we will get through this, together", while Cruel Cruel World stems from a time Darren "was in LA feeling so lost and disjointed I just wanted to crawl home".
It's a special record from a special songwriter and Darren Hayes has never done it better.
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