’Ecce Homo’
’Ecce Homo’
’Ecce Homo’

'Ecce Homo'

New track from Gavin Friday and news of first solo album in 13 years.

09 Sep 2024

'Ecce Homo'

Irish renaissance man and long time U2 collaborator Gavin Friday has released the debut single from his highly anticipated solo album 'Ecce Homo'—his first in 13 years.

Having teased details of the new music in the months leading up to the release with mysterious posts written in Ogham - an ancient runic language that was used in Ireland and parts of the UK between the 5th and 9th centuries - the first taste of the album comes in the form of it's title track "Ecce Homo".

The track is a pulsing, pulverising menace, its streaks of florid noise and walls of hard-edged rhythms squaring up against enemies of inclusion and liberty as Friday throws the words of Pontius Pilate back at our persecutors, promising to "Fight fire with fire / We can walk on water" over warped gospel harmonies.

Speaking of the track, Friday says "the track 'Ecce Homo' is my own personal kick in the head and kiss on the cheek to a world gone very wrong."


'Ecce Homo', the album, which is out October 25, is produced by Soft Cell co-founder Dave Ball and Michael Heffernan. The bulk of the album's 13 tracks were written together by Friday and Ball, who had collaborated nearly 40 years ago when Ball produced the Virgin Prunes' album 'The Moon Looked Down and Laughed'.

Friday says 'Ecce Homo', where love songs and fight songs share the stage with reflections on loss, reveries of nostalgia, and excoriations of the powerful, is the most honest album he's ever made.

The 'Ecce Homo' digital EP, featuring two new remixes and an instrumental version of the title track, are out now.

Pre-order/save the album 'Ecce Homo' HERE

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