Jungle share single ‘Candle Flame’ and tell us about “explosive” fourth album ‘Volcano’
nme.comJungle have returned with new single ‘Candle Flame’, and announced details of their fourth album ‘Volcano’. Watch the video for the new track below, alongside our chat with one half of the duo.The funk and soul/dance group – comprising Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland – released their third album ‘Loving In Stereo’ back in 2021.
Last year saw the pair return with two new tracks – ‘Good Times’ and ‘Problemz’ – and reveal that they’d started work on their next record.The first taster of the LP comes with ‘Candle Flame’ – featuring Jungle’s trademark energy and a backdrop of disco and soul, accompanied by the distinctive rhymes of Erick The Architect.“I think the single is amazing and it’s one of the best things we’ve ever made,” Jungle’s Josh Lloyd-Watson told NME. “You get a taste of the more subtle approach or the more aggressive approach, and I’d love to just drop the whole thing so everyone can hear that in context.” On the collaboration with Erick The Architect, he noted: “He’s a friend of ours.
We were looking for a feature and Lydia [Kitto], a close collaborator of the band, had his number. We sent him the track and he sent it back so quickly.
He’s a really lovely guy and just someone who’s very quick and fluid. He brought a whole new sort of rhythm to it.“I think we’d always had an idea for a rapped verse, or more of a narrative verse but he just brought this pace to it, almost like early Snoop Dogg or something.
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