Stubborn Heart - Talking Gold

Stubborn Heart, the electronic soul duo of producer Ben Fitzgerald and vocalist Luca Santucci, are back with their first music in eight years. Made Of Static follows on from their critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut, bringing Fitzgerald’s ornate productions and Santucci’s yearning vocals into darker, heavier territory. Despite having spent the last few years honing the 10 tracks that appear on the record, the more ominous tone of Stubborn Heart’s new material arrives perfectly placed to soundtrack the claustrophobia and anxiety of life under lockdown. Album opener ‘Talking Gold’ fully embodies this tension, pairing chilly synthesis and clattering, insectile percussion with Santucci’s bleeding-heart croon, a sadness that filmmaker Michael England draws on for the track’s stunning visual. “Michael England’s video for our first single ‘Talking Gold’ is a companion piece to the video he’s made for our second single, ‘Against The Tide’,” explains Santucci. “Whereas that one is black & white and shot