The Justice duo announces their big comeback with two explosive tracks taken from a new album expected in the spring

The Parisian duo finally released, on Wednesday January 24, two new tracks announcing their fourth studio album, called “Hyperdrama”. Clip, cover, release date and tour: here’s everything you need to know about the return of Justice.

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Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé form the duo Justice (2024).  (JEREMIE BEYLARD / AGENCE PHAR / ANDREI CHEIMEITOFF / ED BANGER RECORDS)

Eight years since Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé released anything new. Is that why they worked hard from the start? Justice published Wednesday evening January 24 not one, but two tracks, taken from his next album called Hyperdrama, announced for April 26.

As is often the case, the Parisian tandem plays here on the contrast of electro brutality and funky disco roundness, even melancholy. But the novelty is to have invited a guest of choice into his lair at the microphone. The first single One Night/All Night is indeed illuminated by the voice of Kevin Parker, the singer of Tame Impala. The idea of ​​the piece was to make disco and hardcore techno coexist, but in turn”explains the group. “We move from one to the other in an abrupt and yet fluid way. It served as a template for many of the songs on the record.” A haunting song accompanied by a music video, which resembles the inner exploration of a human body. At the helm, director Anton Tammi, known in particular for his numerous videos for The Weeknd.

Unveiled immediately, the cover (below) signed Thomas Jumin also plays on both the group’s familiar logo, the cross, and on transparency, since we see through it for the first time. What it contains also resembles human shapes like ribs and vertebrae.

As for the second piece revealed, the aggressive generator, it hums like in the early days of the duo and we can see from here how this title will blend perfectly into the mix with their classics on stage. The group, known for its explosive and dancing lives, has also planned to go and play this album on the road without delay.

2024 Tour Kicks Off at Coachella

The tour is scheduled to kick off on April 12 and 19 at the Californian Coachella festival, the same place where Justice gave his very first concert in April 2007. The duo then plans to return to Europe and stop at the Primavera in Barcelona on May 29, then in a number of French festivals: We Love Green on June 1, Beauregard on July 4, Main Square on July 6, Déferlantes on July 11, Musilac on July 13, Terres du Son on July 14 and Cabaret Green on August 17.

This tour will be their first since their third album. Woman released in October 2016. A tour which gave rise to a live album, Woman Worldwidewith which Justice won the Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album in Los Angeles on February 10, 2019.

The cover of Justice's fourth studio album


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