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Empress Return With Sultry New Single ‘Whole Night’

September 16

Empress | Credit: Supplied Naarm/Melbourne electro-pop collective Empress have made their return with a sultry new single dubbed Whole Night . Out now, the track marks the six-piece’s first taste of a larger project set

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