Album released 30/01/2011
Tracklist:
1. Painted Eyes
2. My House
3. Answers Come In Dreams
4. Leonora
5. Boy
6. Blue Songs
7. Falling
8. I Can't Wait
9. Step Up
10. Visitor
11. It's Alright
"genuine second album coup...Butler now dwells beside James Murphy and Hot Chip as a purveyor of soulful dance music you can think to" UNCUT ****
"..thumping disco beats, bleepy synth tweats, crooning vocals..a brilliant, intelligent, catchy record" NOTION
"laden with sounds of Love Affair without sounding like a rehash..a clear progression for Hercules..songwriting always prevails.." FUTURE MUSIC 8/10
Blazing a trial with the worldwide club smash Blind, their self-titled debut garnered considerable critical and commercial acclaim. Named as the Breakthrough Album of the year in The New York Times and featuring in Pitchfork's Top Ten albums of 2008, Herc main man Andy Butler has shifted the focus gently away from the New York house and disco forms of the debut; relocating to Denver and recording the album in Vienna with techno producer Patrick Pulsinger. Herc mainstay Kim Ann Foxman returns on vocals, and is joined in starring roles by Venezuelan singer Aerea Negrot, fan-turned-collaborator Shaun Wright , Kele Okereke (Bloc Party) and Mark Pistel (Meat Beat Manifesto/Consolidated). Blue Songs sees Bulter broaden his musical palette - "There's definitely jacking house and there's definitely even more full-blown disco, but there's also more experimental, softer music" he explains,.