Inhale / Exhale

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After releasing their fourth album <i>Surrender</i> in 2021, RÜFÜS DU SOL declared it “the end of a chapter for us as a unit.” After years of living in their adopted hometown of LA, its members (Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, and James Hunt) relocated to Encinitas and Miami. As the group crafted <i>Inhale / Exhale</i> over the next two year, the physical separation required them to carve out time for joint writing session, where they reconvened in places such as LA, Austin, and Ibiza. “We really made the most of those two-week stint,” George tells Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “We were in a really good creative flow. We were reconnecting and particularly reconnecting in the studio more than ever.“ When “Music Is Better,” the album’s lead single, arrived in June 2024, it marked RÜFÜS DU SOL’s triumphant return. Its joyful chorus—“Music is better when we’re together”—seems as much a love song as it is a celebration of the creative magic they find when sharing a physical space. Those feelings of joy, love, and gratitude run throughout <i>Inhale / Exhale</i>, a lighter turn from its predecessor’s darker and more introspective theme. A new relationship sparks promise “burning as bright as the sun” on opening track “Inhale,” while love’s stars align on “In the Moment” and the mood slinks towards carnal on “Levitating.” .

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