Musca is the next in the series of domestic house albums to follow the groundbreaking LP classics? Around The House (1998), and Bodily Functions (2001). 2021 is proving to be a bumper year for Herbert fans who can also look forward to a package of very special 12” remixes later this summer and the premiere of 10-years-in-the-making-documentary, Symphony of Noise, about his work with sound. After the wide expanse of his last big band album The State Between Us made with more than 1000 musicians and singers across Europe, this album instead is inward looking. Born of both intimacy and collaboration, features eight singers, Verushka, Siân Roseanna, Allie Armstrong,? Bianca Rose, Melissa Uye-Parker, Daisy Godfrey, Y’akoto and Joy Morgan - all of whom Matthew has never worked with before or met face to face. It also features musicians Nick Ramm, Tom Herbert, Tom Skinner, Finn Peters, Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian and Leo Taylor, who, like the singers, all self-recorded and in isolation from each other. Matthew says: “Like presumably many other albums made during the last year, Musca reflects on navigating the challenges and joys of our most intimate relationships whilst the world is in turmoil. Not just with Covid, but with the rise in state and political violence, facebook-friendly fascism, white supremacy and a climate in crisis.” Matthew TRACKLISTING: A1. Two Doors featuring Joy Morgan A2. Hypnotised featuring Mel Uye-Parker A3. Might As Well Be Magical featuring Allie Armstrong B1. Chain Reaction featuring Bianca Rose B2. Fantasy featuring Verushka B3. The Impossible featuring allie Armstrong B4. Unrestorable featuring Siân Roseanna C1. Tell Me A Secret featuring Siân Roseanna C2. The Slip C3. The Horror featuring Allie Armstrong C4. The Way featuring Y’akoto D1. Be Young featuring Daisy Godfrey D2. Gold Dust featuring Bianca Rose D3. Let Me Sleep featuring Bianca Rose