EMPIRE OF THE SUN'S NEW EP 'ON OUR WAY HOME' IS OUT TODAY

ON OUR WAY HOME, A NEW EP FROM EMPIRE OF THE SUN, IS OUT TODAY   Videos Released For "On Our Way Home" And "Way To Go"   DOWNLOAD / STREAM EP HERE

Empire Of The Sun returns with a new EP, On Our Way Home, which contains the band's first new music in nearly a year. The alt-electro pioneers have also released stunning videos to accompany two of the tracks. "We are back and we come with a labor of love and the might of our two hearts. We bring On Our Way Home to you humbly with our hats and helmets in our hands," says Nick Littlemore, who founded Empire of the Sun with Luke Steele in 2008. "On Our Way Home," the heretofore unreleased title track, was recorded during sessions for the band's 2016 album, Two Vines, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. The song was recently tapped for a major television ad for Citroën, which has aired in the U.K., France, Italy and Spain.  View the video for "On Our Way Home" here:   On Our Way Home contains another new song, "Two Leaves," which Littlemore describes as "straight from the forest," plus the band's original version of "Way To Go" (from Two Vines) alongside remixes by Japanese sensation Cornelius and Gomez and Tritter.  Littlemore and Steele found inspiration during a recent trip to Japan, as reflected in the EP's cover art and the new video, "Way To Go," which premiered yesterday on Pitchfork. Directed by Nobumichi Asai of WOW Productions, it utilizes innovative 3D scanning technology, motion and facial motion capture. View "Way To Go" HERE.   Luke Steele recalls, "We discovered Japanese director Nobumichi Asai's work through a short film he had created called Kagami and all of his famous face projection mapping works. The colors and shapes he creates are mind-bending. with a certain digital romance to it all. Our unwavering confidence in his ability had us reaching out to him to marry his imagination with our music."   View the video for "Way To Go" here: Steele and Littlemore went to Gentle Giant Productions in Los Angeles to be face mapped - a process that involved about 148 DSLR cameras positioned in 360 degrees around them, all synched to shoot at the exact same time. From Japan, Nobumichi, his team and a translator, provided direction to the pair via a video conference call. Next, Steele and Littlemore headed to Tokyo for more facial mapping and 3D capture.   In the past few years, Empire Of The Sun has performed in over 150 cities around the world. Highlights include a headline slot at Coachella 2017, where Rolling Stone named them among "The 15 Best Things We Saw At Coachella!" and a sold-out headline show at Los Angeles' legendary Hollywood Bowl for over 17,000 fans. Television performances have included "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "LATER ... with Jools Holland." Combined views of the band's innovative videos now exceed 150 million, including more than 70 million for the global hit "Walking On A Dream."   On Our Way Home- Track Listing   1. Way To Go 2. Way To Go - Cornelius Remix 3. Way To Go - Gomez and Tritter Remix 4. On Our Way Home 5. Two Leaves   Empire Of The Sun     Credit: Nobumichi Asai, Ryo Kitabatake and Jeri Heiden