amy771937Beacon, the Brooklyn duo of Thomas Mullarney III and Jacob Gossett, has released ‘Cinder’, the lead single from their upcoming fifth full-length album, How drie a Cinder, dropping August 7 on their own label Apparent Movement. The album title comes from a line in John Donne’s 1611 elegy An Anatomy of the World and centers on transformation after loss, time, and renewal. Fifteen years into their career, the pair who first connected at Pratt Institute in New York, have released music on Ghostly International, Kompakt, and Get Physical Music, have passed 100 million streams, collaborated with composer Colin Stetson (Hereditary), landed remixes from Kölsch and Booka Shade, and appeared in projects for HBO, Apple, Netflix, Dior, and Balenciaga.
‘Cinder’ opens with the thin, mechanical turn of a music box before snapping into a tight 130 BPM shuffle driven by steady kick drums, low bass weight, and warm synth layers. Mullarney’s voice sits right up front against the rush, cutting across with the line “On the dry earth, I was cinder.” In just over three minutes the track distills what the full record promises: songwriting that feels personal alongside production built to move bodies. The tracks production offers a sophisticated listening experience through the choices made when layering the various sonic textures together.
The single shows Beacon leaning into their most dynamic and rhythmically direct work yet after a period of personal change. They keep the soulful core that’s always defined them while pushing the energy closer to the dancefloor. The duo will take the new material on the road supporting Chet Faker across the US and Canada later this year.
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