Thankfully it appears that the first minimalist, white-colored album containing hauntingly emotive music from Majical Cloudz was not a one-off deal, with the Montreal-based duo of Devon Welsh and Matthew Otto announcing they have done it again.

This time it is called Are You Alone?, and you can hear the beautiful first single from this sophomore LP, "Silver Car Crash," below. Continuing the dreary yet intensely driven synthesizers and immaculately heavy vocals of 2013's Impersonator, the track is quintessentially Majical Cloudz.

In a Tumblr post today, Welsh revealed an Andy Warhol painting to be the song's main inspiration, saying,

“Our song “Silver Car Crash” is named after this painting by Andy Warhol, called “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)“. He made it in 1963 as part of a group of paintings that are known as the “Death and Disaster series”.
His paintings can sometimes be very spiritual and preoccupied with an other world, even though their surface makes them seem more innocent. (When I look at these paintings I always imagine that Andy Warhol is asking, “What happens after death?”)
I really like that kind of double meaning, and the way the paintings combine two different preoccupations that are, in life, always mixing together.
I think the song “Silver Car Crash” also has a kind of double meaning and combines emotions which are usually combined in some form anyway.
It was inspired by life but also by Andy Warhol!”

Andy Warhol's painting "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)"

An official statement on the forthcoming LP further explains,

“Building off a solidly-laid visual and sonic foundation, the narrative remains – simple yet emotionally forthcoming lyrics showcasing raw vulnerability, backed by sparse instrumentation and minimalist production. [Main songwriter Devon] Welsh delivers melancholic but melody driven vocals echoing off elemental tones, praising love and friendship, commiserating over heartbreak and sadness.”

Are You Alone?