{"id":45708,"date":"2026-06-16T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45708"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:16:46","slug":"locust-shares-dreamy-new-single-long-distance-lover-ft-neil-halstead-natasha-morrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45708","title":{"rendered":"Locust shares dreamy new single \u2018Long Distance Lover\u2019 ft. Neil Halstead &amp; Natasha Morrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Van Hoen&#8217;s long-running project Locust has surfaced with a stunning new single, <em>Long Distance Lover<\/em> \u2014 and it&#8217;s the kind of track that makes you stare out a rain-streaked window and feel things. Featuring guitar from Slowdive&#8217;s Neil Halstead and vocals from Irish musician Natasha Morrow, it&#8217;s a slow-burning, pulsating meditation on desire, longing, and the particular ache of loving someone across a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Layered synths shimmer beneath Morrow&#8217;s drawn-out vocals, while Halstead&#8217;s guitar is draped through the mix like something half-remembered. It&#8217;s intimate and restless in equal measure \u2014 very much in the tradition of Van Hoen&#8217;s celebrated body of work, which Pitchfork once described as combining &#8220;oceanic drone with pop lyricism, using technology as a catalyst.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An official music video arrives alongside the track, leaning into that emotional well with silhouettes drifting in and out of frame. Watch and listen below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTl5RQJ5H2E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/longdistancelover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">LISTEN TO &#8216;LONG DISTANCE LOVER&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mark Van Hoen on How It Came Together<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The song&#8217;s origin story is as characteristically unhurried as the track itself. Van Hoen explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The music was recorded back in 2020 originally as a collab between Neil Halstead and I. It sat around for a few years, and I had the idea to send it to Natasha to see if it inspired anything vocally. She came up with the idea of long-distance phone calls between lovers. It struck a chord with me as I had experienced a couple of relationships like that. The idea of repeating these expressions of desire and longing over and over, because you are aching to be together.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;I had actually never met Natasha, and generally, I find that remote collabs don&#8217;t work because there&#8217;s a connection missing somehow. But in Natasha&#8217;s case, I had several long phone calls with her, and I think we connected that way. Not in any romantic sense, but as musical collaborators, which has its own particular need for a personal connection and understanding. I found it interesting that it related to the song&#8217;s lyrics in that she and I established a different kind of personal bond over the phone.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Project Very Much Alive<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The single arrives on the back of a quietly significant period for Locust. Since September, Van Hoen has been debuting new material in a fresh live configuration featuring musician and NTS Radio DJ Olive Kimoto on lead vocals \u2014 the project&#8217;s first live outings since they supported Massive Attack in the &#8217;90s. Recent dates have included Perfectly Imperfect&#8217;s Elsewhere takeover, And Always Forever Festival, and Flower Moon Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a comeback that&#8217;s resonated across generations. Locust&#8217;s audiences now span longtime devotees who caught those early Autechre and Aphex Twin co-bills and a younger crowd arriving via the trip-hop revival, social media, and a wave of cloud rap artists who&#8217;ve been sampling Van Hoen&#8217;s foundational work. That kind of cross-generational cult following is hard-earned and very real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mark Van Hoen&#8217;s long-running project Locust has surfaced with a stunning new single, Long Distance Lover \u2014 and it&#8217;s the kind of track that makes <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45708\" title=\"Locust shares dreamy new single \u2018Long Distance Lover\u2019 ft. 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