Homegrown folk rockers Boy & Bear have premiered the first single from their eagerly anticipated third studio album, Limit of Love. The track is titled ‘Walk The Wire’ and was premiered via triple j yesterday.

Band members Dave Hosking and Killian Gavin recently joined Veronica and Lewis in the triple j studios to discuss the band’s follow-up to their lauded second album, Harlequin Dream, which is set to drop Friday, 9th October.

The pair revealed that the album was recorded with the help of UK producer Ethan Johns, who’s best known for his work with Kings of Leon, Kaiser Chiefs, Laura Marling, and Ryan Adams. The band recorded the whole album live to tape.

“[Ethan]’s very passionate around this whole philosophy of [recording] everything live,” Dave explained. “It’s definitely something we’ve all wanted to do but you almost wait until you’re ready… really trying to capture what we do live on a record,” added Killian.

“It’s a pretty common story, so what better way to do it than literally do it live?” The album is certainly a bold step forward for the group. ‘Walk The Wire’ does away with the band’s shimmering folk rock style and replaces it with synths and wiry guitars.

The recording saw the band writing as a unit for the first time. “With this song, I actually missed a couple days and came down and this song had already taken shape,” said Dave, who previously occupied a role as the band’s primary songwriter.

“I kind of threw some melody at it and the whole thing was written really quickly. It’s about that moment of approach when you’re out and you see someone you like and you’ve got to roll the dice.”

Readers can check out the track listing for Limit of Love below and follow this link to get your first taste from the album in the form of ‘Walk The Wire’. The band have also shared a mini-documentary chronicling the making of their new LP.

Limit of Love Tracklisting

1. Limit of Love
2. Walk the Wire
3. Where’d You Go
4. Hollow Ground
5. Breakdown Slow
6. Showdown
7. A Thousand Faces
8. Man Alone
9. Ghost 11
10. Just Dumb
11. Fox Hole

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