On this slick, swaggering introduction, enigmatic Cambridge newcomers, The Healing Power of Horses wade into murky, brooding sonic depths with a boisterous runway stride.
It seems like being in an electronic duo has become one of the fundamental prerequisites to coolness in 2026, a theory firmly substantiated on ‘i wait, i sink’, the potent relaunch single for Cambridge’s The Healing Power of Horses. Announcing their signing to section1 alongside its release – the sister label to Partisan Records, whose roster includes RIP Magic and Blonde Redhead – the new single follows up the (now Bandcamp-only) lo-fi tape EP released by the duo last year.
Here The Healing Power of Horses emerge with added bark, bite and glossed-up production, taking on the darker, more menacing sensibilities of trip-hop shared by UK contemporaries like Jet Blonde or pearl2. Possessing all the addictive, vaguely masochistic allure of those cold-shouldering, untouchable flirtations that disappear into the low-lit infinities of the dancefloor, permanently seared into your brain as the-one-that-got-away, every forceful thump of the drums scores like a dagger to the heart in an irresistible chase for its icy, elusive affections.
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