Eyes of a Blue Dog return this month with the release of Hamartia less than three years on from their sparkling debut Rise.

The band’s Rory Simmons, the trumpeter/guitarist (above left) known for his work with Monocled Man and Fringe Magnetic who once again joins singer Elisabeth Nygård and Spin Marvel electronicist Terje Evensen, both also pictured above, comments on the new album: “It’s kind of an alt-pop, experimental cross between Massive Attack/Little Dragon and Portishead.”

Hamartia includes a moody noir-ish duet between Nygård and the Guillemots’ Fyfe Dangerfield on ‘Before the Night Ends.’