Ethereal storyteller Wendy Bevan unveils new single “Innocence” taken from her forthcoming album, Alone With The Unknown, due September 18th and produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran. Listen to “Innocence” here and pre-order the album here.
The new music arrives on the back of Wendy Bevan’s biggest UK outdoor show to date; on Sunday 5th July, Wendy performed at BST Hyde Park, alongside iconic names including Duran Duran, the Scissor Sisters and Nile Rodgers.
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The forthcoming album is an intimate, hypnotic exploration of love, desire, and vulnerability. The announcement is accompanied by the release of lead single “Innocence”. The track merges ethereal textures, cinematic atmosphere, and poetic lyricism into a world suspended between longing and surrender. A second single, “Fragile Times,” will follow on 7th August ahead of the album’s release.
With its shadowy film noir edge, “Innocence” balances beauty and danger, reflecting Wendy’s fascination with tragic beauty, desire, and emotional surrender. The song explores the tension between risk and intimacy, capturing the self-discovery that emerges through human connection.
Wendy drew inspiration from the dramatic elegance of classic European cinema and Hollywood film noir from the 1940s and 1950s, weaving those influences into the sonic and visual world of “Innocence”. The accompanying music video (watch here) echoes the psychological romance and cuts referencing the visual language of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo through cinematic fades, deepening the plot that’s unfolding across a mysterious Sicilian island steeped in shadowy seduction and nostalgia.
At its heart, “Alone With The Unknown”, due for release 18th September, explores the idea that we are part of something greater than ourselves. Drawing from personal stories, faded memories, the softness of forgotten language and shared human experiences, the songs balance intimacy with a sense of wonder. Each track unfolds within a cinematic landscape, adorned with shimmering chords of longing, mystery and desire, elevated by sweeping orchestral arrangements that transport the listener beyond the everyday and into a world that feels both familiar and otherworldly.
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