Ask That God
2024 studio album by Empire of the Sun
Ask That God is the fourth studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun, released on 26 July 2024 through EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records. The album was preceded by the singles "Changes", "Music on the Radio", and "Cherry Blossom", and also includes their 2023 collaboration with Nick Littlemore's project Pnau, "AEIOU".
At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore and Peter Mayes were nominated for Best Engineered Release and Best Produced Release.
A deluxe edition of the album was released on 24 January 2025; it features two new tracks.
Background
The group began working on their fourth album between late 2016 and early 2017 after releasing Two Vines, before announcing a hiatus. In April 2024, they began recording the album, which included recordings they had kept for the past seven years. Littlemore stated that the duo was "blessed with" the album and that it "represents the greatest shift in consciousness our world has ever seen and that's reflected in the music". The album, the group's fourth, was released on 26 July 2024. Luke Steele likened the second single "Music on the Radio" to "a teenager rebelling against his imaginary emotions". Littlemore said "There might have been as many as 1,200 songs that we wrote in that time to get to the 12 we have here."
Critical reception
Ask That God received a score of 82 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on five critics' reviews, which the website categorised as "universal acclaim".
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