Honne Release Two New Tracks from Upcoming Sophomore Album LOVE ME / LOVE ME NOT

U.K.-based electro-soul duo, HONNE, kick off the weekend with 'I Got You' (ft. Nana Rogues), the first official single from their forthcoming sophomore album, as well as new track 'Forget Me Not'. Love Me/Love Me Not arrives everywhere August 24th via Tatemae Recordings /Atlantic Records and is now available for pre-order here.

The duo will then embark on an extensive global headline tour, with the U.S. leg beginning September 12th at Seattle's Showbox. For tickets and more information, please visit: http://hellohonne.com/#live

'I Got You' is a sun-kissed, R&B-tinged ode to romantic escapism from HONNE, featuring Nana Rogues (who co-wrote and produced 'Passionfruit' for Drake and has also collaborated with the likes of Skepta, Mabel and Raye). Slow-jam album closer 'Forget Me Not', shows off a darker, more reflective side to HONNE, on an album -Love Me/Love Me Not - which stresses the importance of highs and lows in those lives lived at their fullest.

The split-concept at the heart of HONNE's much-anticipated second album, Love Me/Love Me Not - is currently being explored with the innovative plan to drop two tracks a month into release, exploring the duality within the duo's music (and band-name). On each release, one side explore life's positives - love, nostalgia and contentment (Love Me ?) and the other half life's great difficulties - heartbreak, anxiety and grief (Love Me Not ?). All of this is pulled together in an album that truly showcases HONNE's immaculately-produced, instantly-identifiable sound: broadening out into new territories (inspiration this time came from the likes of Kaytranada, BadBadNotGood, Pharrell and Dr. Dre) alongside some special guests, such as Nana Rogues, Georgia, Tom Misch, Anna of the North, House Gospel Choir and Rueben James.

HONNE's relatable, always-positive portraits of 21st century romance, masculinity and modern city living has seen them bring together a diverse community of audiences around the world. And despite testing new boundaries, , LOVE ME/LOVE ME NOT ultimately sees the band's earliest ambitions come into even clearer focus. They cite the group's name ("Honne" meaning your true feelings, those you keep to yourself), the name of their early record label ("Tatemae", which reflects what you display in public), plus the fact that this dichotomy between an online persona and actual reality has become starker since when they first started making music. "Those two sides have been rooted in us from the beginning, but now is the first time we've truly demonstrated it. One doesn't exist without the other, and so this time these songs have to be there together. A lot of films and TV shows either explore the good or bad, but we wanted to show a balance and the grey space." And it's in those in-between spaces that HONNE have truly found themelves, and a work of timely, timeless songwriting.

North American Tour Dates:

Sep 7th: El Plaza Condesa / Mexico City / Mexico

Sep 9th: Starlite Room / Edmonton / Canada

Sep 10th: Marquee / Calgary / Canada

Sep 12th: Showbox / Seattle / USA

Sep 13th: Westward festival @ Vogue / Vancouver / Canada

Sep 14th: Wonder Ballroom / Portland / USA

Sep 15th: Warfield Theatre / San Francisco / USA

Sep 16th: The Catalyst / Santa Cruz / USA

Sep 18th: Glasshouse / Pomona / USA

Sep 20th: The Novo / LA / USA

Sep 21st: The Observatory North Park / San Diego / USA

Sep 22nd: Crescent Ballroom / Phoenix / USA

?Sep 25th: Urban Lounge / Salt Lake City / USA

Sep 26th: Bluebird Theater / Denver / USA

Sep 27th: ?Granada Theater / Lawrence / USA

Sep 28th: Fine Line / Minneapolis / USA

Sep 29th: Metro / Chicago / USA

Oct 1st: Phoenix / Toronto / Canada

Oct 2nd: Fairmount Theatre / Montreal / Canada

Oct 5th: The Foundry / Philadelphia / USA

Oct 6th: Royale / Boston / USA

Oct 7th: 9:30 Club / Washington DC / USA

Oct 8th: Brooklyn Steel / NYC / USA

Oct 12th: Terminal West / Atlantic / USA

Oct 13th: One Eyed Jacks / New Orleans / USA

Oct 15th: Trees / Dallas / USA

Oct 16th: White Oak Music Hall / Houston / USA

Oct 17th: Mohawk / Austin / USA

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