Declan McKenna - What Happened to the Beach? (Deluxe) (2024)

“We’ll take a golf cart into town, drive it around/Just think of all the things we can do,” sings Declan McKenna over the slinky psych-funk groove of new single “Mulholland’s Dinner and Wine”—the fourth track to be taken from his upcoming third album, What Happened to the Beach?. If that sounds like a promise of fun, it’s entirely in keeping with the spirit of the LP. “[The album] is a social record, it’s there—more than my other records—to be listened to in a social environment and that’s partially because the creation of it was more social,” he tells Apple Music. “We created a fun, casual party vibe in the sessions, inviting friends over to do little bits on it. There’s just so much character and it’s really given it its niche in my catalogue—seizing a little bit of control to just create a vibe and see what comes from it.” Listen to “Mulholland’s Dinner and Wine” now and pre-add What Happened to the Beach?—once it’s released on 9 February, the entire album will be available in your library instantly.