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'''''In Amber''''' is the fifth studio album by [[Hercules and Love Affair]], released digitally and physically on June 17, 2022, by [[Skint Records]]/[[BMG Rights Management|BMG]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Evan |last=Minsker|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/anohni-joins-hercules-and-love-affair-on-new-song-poisonous-storytelling-listen/|title=Anohni Joins Hercules & Love Affair on New Song 'Poisonous Storytelling'|website=Pitchfork|date=6 April 2022|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> The band's founder, singer and musician, Andy Butler worked again with singer [[Anohni]] (previously of [[Anohni and the Johnsons]]): Anohni appeared on several tracks, including the singles "Poisonous Storytelling",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-songs-april-2022/#hercules-love-affair-feat-anohni-poisonous-storytelling|title=The 15 Best Songs of April 2022|work=Paste|date=3 May 2022|access-date=14 June 2022|archive-date=June 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614015312/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-songs-april-2022/#hercules-love-affair-feat-anohni-poisonous-storytelling|url-status=dead}}</ref> and "One".<ref>{{cite web|first=Rachel|last=Brodsky|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2185575/hercules-love-affair-one-feat-anohni/music/ |title=Hercules & Love Affair – "One" (Feat. ANOHNI)|website=Stereogum|date=3 May 2022|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref> "Grace", the first song released ahead of the album, was sung by Butler with Icelandic singer Elin Ey.
[[AllMusic]] wrote that ''In Amber'', "pivoted away from upbeat, dance-oriented tracks into a more reflective style. Featuring Anohni for the first time since 2008, the record channeled emotions such as anger, fear, and sadness while retaining the pristine production that Butler has cultivated throughout his career".<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy |last=Kellman|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hercules-love-affair-mn0000657062/biography|title=Biography - Hercules & Love Affair|website=AllMusic|access-date=19 June 2022}}</ref>
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The album was conceived over a period of five years. At a certain point they "started thinking about the texture of percussion, something with humanity that might complement the content of the songs". Anohni suggested that they record with drummer [[Budgie (drummer)|Budgie]] of [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]] and [[the Creatures]]. Anohni stated: "It had this kind of perfection that was almost sugary. Budgie, as a drummer, completely epitomises that volatile, volcanic texture of creation, but also has a very exquisite form". "He found ways to articulate quite a feminine violence, or a feminine exuberance; a strength, a really fortified, agile, threatening at times power".<ref name=another>{{cite web|date=16 June 2022|access-date=16 June 2022|first=Dean |last=Mayo Davies|url=https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/14157/hercules-and-love-affair-andy-butler-anohni-interview-in-amber-album-review|title= Andy Butler & Anohni In Conversation|website=Anothermag.com|quote=Budgie is such an amazing drummer – there’s something so delicious about the Siouxsie catalogue and The Creatures’ catalogue ...The Creatures were a band that I loved so much}}</ref>
Multi instrumentalist Reinhard Vanbergen joined in for the sessions and Butler asked Icelandic singer Elin Ey (complete name Elin Eyþórsdóttir) to do backing vocals on the single "Grace" and the lead on "Dissociation".<ref>{{cite web|url=
The album was different from previous Hercules and Love Affair works. Music journalist Dean Mayo Davies wrote that ''In Amber'' was about 'contemplating the inevitability of mortality, and trying to find peace within that fact".<ref name=another /> Butler stated he needed to express his discomfort and could not make something comfortable: "making a 90’s sounding techno or house record, or an odd 80’s sounding dance track was not anything I needed to do".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treblezine.com/hercules-love-affair-announce-new-album-in-amber/ |title=Hercules & Love Affair announce new album, ''In Amber''|website=Treblezine|date=24 February 2022|access-date=14 June 2022}}</ref>
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