53 Thieves - latitudes (Album)

Transatlantic quartet 53 Thieves release their new project, Latitudes, on September 30th. A band formed during the pandemic who used to collaborate via the internet before finally meeting as the world began to open up, 53 Thieves have racked up over 100 million streams on their brand of intricately crafted, genre fluid sound.

An electronic oriented blend of hip-hop, R&B, and disco, 53 Thieves made their presence known in 2019. Consisting of two singers and two producers, they have released nine singles and two EPs across 2019-21, and garnered over 120 million streams, mostly without ever setting foot in the same room.

A fusion of styles blended from a global collaboration gives 53 Thieves their unique sound. Will Price is a producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Caleb Ely is a producer from Bloomington, Indiana. Jess is a vocalist from Devon, England. Conor Jordan is a vocalist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. All of the Thieves are multi-instrumentalists and incorporate live playing in their shows.

Speaking on the release, the band state: "Latitudes is an expression of distance, written by the four of us, who live in four separate locations. We want to emphasise how this distance felt from our individual and collective experiences, how it felt through the uncertainty of lockdown, and to showcase what we have learned together.

Our hope is that this album reaches out and speaks to those who have lost connection with themselves or with others, with their past or future, to anyone who feels that there is an unwanted space between them and something they cared about, be it an old love or lost opportunity.

Every song features the theme of distance to some extent, be it emotional or physical, heartfelt or apathetic, we designed the intensity curve of the album to be connected through this theme, like an unbroken line of latitude connecting each track from into to islands.

We view Latitudes as the culmination of our triumph over the challenges of distance; although we are separated by a vast ocean, we now understand that physical distance is nothing compared to the journey we have taken together."