Stroud, UK-based duo Wings of Desire — Chloe Little and James Taylor — released their full-length debut, 2023’s Life Is Infinite to critical praise from The Independent, Dork, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Stereogum, Paste, BrooklynVegan, Under The Radar and a lengthy list of others. The band has received airplay from BBC 6 Music‘s Steve Lamacq and Lauren Laverne, NME Radio and Radio X’s John Kennedy.
Building upon a growing profile in the UK and elsewhere, the duo toured with Editors, Nation of Language and Bleach Lab as an opener, as well as opening for The Cribs at London’s The Roundhouse.
2024’s Shut Up & Listen raised funds for Stroud-based community project The Long Table, a Pay-What-You-Can restaurant, which was at risk of eviction from its home. They followed up with 2025’s standalone “a few more years.”
The duo’s highly-anticipated sophomore album, Stand Still Like The Hummingbird is slated for a December 9, 2026 release. The album will feature their ongoing song cycle in which they release a new track and accompanying video on every new moon of this year’s lunar cycle. Sonically, Stand Still Like The Hummingbird is a continuation of the sound they established on their debut, a mix of gritty dream pop and krautrock.
Thematically, the album’s material touches on the natural rituals of daily life and continually moving through creation and destruction. Throughout the album, there’s references to life and birth, as well as folklore and wonder in the accompanying visuals.
Their latest single “Nothing Left To Give” is built around an insistent motorik pulse, gently buzzing synths and guitars paired with the duo’s lockstep harmonies. While showcasing the duo’s willingness to build upon a well-established sound, the song thematically tackles burnout in the face of modern pressures.
“Modernity has long demanded a channeling of human energies and emotions into patterns that are moulded by economic and disciplinary requirements,” the British duo say. “Some days we feel like we have nothing left to give but somehow we keep on pushing.”
Directed by Amber Little features the duo driving around the English countryside on a road trip. And its core, this trip is to meant to be an escape from modern life.