Jack Antonoff, singer Sam Dew and producer Sounwave have teamed up for a new trio called Red Hearse. On Wednesday, the group unveiled two new tracks, Red Hearse and Honey, which preview their forthcoming eponymous album due this summer via RCA Records.
The group has previous ties. Antonoff, the Bleachers frontman whose long line of recent production credits include work with Taylor Swift, Lorde and Lana Del Rey and Sounwave, aka as Mark Spears, both contributed to St. Vincents Masseducation. As Top Dawg Entertainments in-house producer, Sounwave has also worked with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q and many others. Dew and Antonoff co-wrote Taylor Swift and Zayns I Dont Want to Live Forever.
Dew sings lead for both songs and punctuates the tunes with falsettos. He also serves as the groups main vocalist. The audio videos for Red Hearse and Honey both feature visuals of a toy red hearse. For Red Hearse, the car loops around a bush-lined street, where it leaves skid marks and an orange moon serves as a backdrop. Ill be better than I was before/A natural, all of the past out the door/Ill never let you go, Dew sings on the peppy Red Hearse.
On the soulful Honey, the car circles around a toy gas station in the middle of the night. And whatever youre serving/Thats whatever Im having, Dew croons. Whatever youre serving is whatever you want, whatever you want You got me swerving, yeah we me move slow like honey.