[Cover photo credit to Edward Crockett]

Alt-Pop duo joan, comprised of Alan Benjamin Thomas and Steven Rutherford, has given fans another preview of their forthcoming new album, this won’t last forever, due on September 25, 2025, with their latest single, “space,” a dreamy ballad. It’s accompanied by a video.

joan says about the track:

This is a love song not just about someone, but about the space and energy they have around them when they’re near. There’s something extremely powerful about the non-physical aspects of love, and this song is trying to capture that. This song is a love letter to someone to show them how much better of a person they make us: ‘Call it a dream, I see you in my sleep / Call me your moon, I revolve around you / Call me insane, I’m in love with your space.’

This song is part of the endless search to try to put into words how much they mean to us. Our album is called this won’t last forever, and this song is trying to take advantage of this moment to tell that person those feelings. 

joan have recently been featured on K-pop group EPEX’s single “so nice”, which the duo also wrote and Produced. Earlier this summer, joan wrapped a string of tour dates with Bloc Party which followed their spring headline run, “the close friends tour.” 

The album this won’t last forever follows joan’s debut EP portra and their full-length album superglue.