Scenius announce third album ’13 Billion Dark Years’ for 24 October 2025
Scenius
Anglo-French dark synth-pop duo Scenius will release their third full-length, “13 Billion Dark Years”, on 24 October 2025, via Bandcamp. The album will be available as a digipack CD and digital download. The album follows “Life Is A Thing” (2023) and “Enough Fears” (2020).
You can already listen to four advance singles from the album cycle in 2025: “Funny Sky,” “Beat The Light,” “Swift As Light” and “Five-Arm Crystal.”
The title references the cosmological “Dark Ages”, framed by the duo as a present-day metaphor; the album itself holds shorter tracks as well, uptempo rhythms, and spacious arrangements.
About Scenius
Scenius is the studio-to-stage project of UK producer Steve Whitfield (Leeds) and vocalist Fab(ric)e “Fab” Nau (Angers, France). The duo formed in 2020, releasing the debut album “Enough Fears”, followed by the live EP “Live in Angers” (2022). A second album followed in 2023, “Life Is A Thing”. Early releases appeared on MMXX Records, with recent material self-released via Bandcamp.
Scenius moved from studio to live shows in 2022 with gigs in France and the UK.
The pair draw on first-wave synth pioneers and post-punk – Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, John Foxx; Joy Division and New Order – while embracing a modern electronic production approach. Their catalogue also includes non-album singles and collaboration/remix activity with acts like Promenade Cinema and Nature of Wires.
In 2025 the singles “Funny Sky,” “Beat The Light,” “Swift As Light” and “Five-Arm Crystal” led into the new album “13 Billion Dark Years.” Read the review of ‘13 Billion Dark Years’.
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