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“prog-leaning goodness coming your way”
Prog Magazine
“Their songs have a rich tapestry of sound and content, that runs deep with emotion and imagination”
Louder Than War
“Lucid, Inter-planetary vocals & perfection of music cosmology – these cult stalwarts communicate with the Ancients”
Star Wax Magazine
Following a strong 2025 with the brooding single “Eclipse” followed by the subsequent “No More Secrets”, Lunar & The Deception now unveil another powerful precursor to their long-awaited debut album The Somnambulist, arriving March 6th. The band’s striking new single “Your Monsters” is available now.
Opening with delicate piano and lead singer Britt Xyra Dusk’s haunting vocals—evocative of Amy Lee‘s dramatic intensity—”Your Monsters” draws you into an intimate space before jagged guitars tear through the stillness. As drums build and strings sweep in, the track transforms into an anthemic, darkly progressive rock opus—melancholic yet powerful, vulnerable yet defiant. The song captures the duality of love—its tenderness and its terror—laying bare the beauty and brutality of relationships where affection and destruction exist side by side, where passion gives way to conflict.
At 02:48, the track undergoes a profound shift as layered vocals relay over each other, creating a rich choral effect that feels both communal and overwhelming—like an army gathering strength or a final stand in an epic battle. The mood transforms from personal torment to collective catharsis, moving from claustrophobic intimacy to vast, cinematic scope. This anthemic finale doesn’t offer resolution but liberation through confrontation—the sound of rising bloodied but unbroken, where triumph mingles with sorrow and private pain becomes transcendent. Influenced by The Doors, Portishead, and Nico, with echoes of dramatic darkwave/gothic rock, “Your Monsters” is both a meditation on intimacy and a reckoning with the darker forces that surface when two people collide.
The band reflect: “‘Your Monsters’ is about the raw tenderness of love while confronting the shadows that emerge in intimacy. It’s about those moments when connection becomes collision, when what we cherish can also consume us. It’s an honest reckoning with both the light and dark we bring to each other.”
The single offers another glimpse of The Somnambulist (sohm-nam-byuh-list, “the sleepwalker”), an album 5 years in the making. Initially recorded at Woodworm Studios (Oxfordshire) and Old Street Studios (London), its completion was delayed by the pandemic, forcing the band into years of remote collaboration and survival work. Now finished with producer Michael Rendall (The Orb/Pete Murphy/The Jesus & Mary Chain) the record stands as a testament to patience, persistence and uncompromising vision.
Exploring themes of love and demons, greed and corruption, mortality, personal power, climate change and spiritual awakening, The Somnambulist bridges the personal and the political, weaving existential struggles into a call for collective transformation.
The UK-based four-piece has already made waves in the Darkwave / Dream Pop scene, captivating audiences across Europe and playing major festivals including Glastonbury (2016 & 2019). Their international backgrounds and diverse interests create a melting pot of influences—ritualistic and deeply human.
At the centre of it all is Britt Xyra Dusk, a vocalist, poet and activist whose artistry is shaped by her passions for anthropology, ancient civilisations, paganism, mythology, folklore, moon worship and pre-patriarchal societies. A published poet and acclaimed designer from Durban, South Africa, Britt channels this breadth of knowledge and creativity into Lunar & The Deception’s music—expressing both a call to activism and a reinterpretation of history through sound, vision and performance.
With Britt’s unique Irish–South African heritage and background as an award-winning costume designer in Film & TV, Lunar & The Deception bring a striking visual dimension to their music. Every costume, stage piece and much of the artistic direction is crafted by Britt herself, giving the band a strong aesthetic identity that is as powerful as their sound.
At its heart, Lunar & The Deception is a project where art meets activism: a voice for the underdog, a reflection on centuries of social injustice and a beacon of higher consciousness. Their work is politically charged, spiritually resonant and unafraid to confront the systems of power that shape our world.
The Somnambulist arrives March 6th 2026. Until then, “Your Monsters” sets the tone, out on all streaming platforms now.