Ouch

On their enchanting new album – the playfully titled Ouch – James Hatcher and Andy Clutterbuck are ready to tap back into their foundations, and realize the kind of melodic effervescence and heart-tugging songwriting that only Honne can provide. In this radically ambitious independent era, Honne want to remove the gloss and show the emotions underneath. The result is a record that is impeccably detailed and wonderfully entrancing, informed by profound shifts in their own lives. It follows a narrative that begins with a teenage crush and closes with the responsibility of family life. Touching on everything from early 90s hip-hop production to slick 21st-century pop via torch songs and ballads, Ouch is testimony to the frenetic creativity only Honne can conjure, having written, recorded, and produced every single aspect of this project themselves.