The indie-electronic band Mansionair – vocalist Jack Froggatt, producer and multi-instrumentalist Lachlan Bostock and drummer Alex Nicholls – are back with their most accomplished and soul-searching album yet, Some Kind Of Alchemy. 

It's a body of work that channels everything that fans have come to love about them: their ability to deliver authentic, energetic and uplifting anthems. 

Mansionair's third album is an elevation rather than an evolution. Led by the epic Lose Yourself Again, Some Kind Of Alchemy has an arc, moving from the shadows into the light, as the band advocate self-knowledge, community and hope in a fractured age. Above all, Mansionair fully realise their potential as an electronic dance music act – recently introducing their aerodynamic DJ/live hybrid Sahā Set at an intimate Eora/Sydney hometown show. "This album really speaks to who we have been working towards as a band and what Mansionair is between the three of us; between its existence collectively," Jack says. 

A decade in and Mansionair might celebrate some impressive achievements: their 2014 self-released international break-out Hold Me Down, ARIA Gold-certified hits like Easier and Astronaut (Something About Your Love), the latter of which entered Billboard's US Rock Airplay Chart, the Grammy-nominated Line Of Sight alongside Seattle's ODESZA, a buzzy appearance at Coachella behind 2019's debut Shadowboxer, plus viral collabs with superstar DJ/producers Claptone (Right Into You) and Dom Dolla (the indelible Strangers). Today they prefer to focus on the present – and progress purposefully. If anything, Some Kind Of Alchemy augurs a new era for Mansionair in their quest to reach a meridian.

Mansionair have always been expansive, the trio hailing from disparate musical backgrounds – Lachlan steeped in electronic music, Alex into jazz and Jack a singer/songwriter. However, they were determined to not overload Some Kind Of Alchemy, Alex describing their approach as a "distillation". Jack paradoxically deems the album a "micro-expansion," as exemplified by the triumphal opener Heavyweight – an old demo finally coming to fruition. In fact, Lachlan declares Heavyweight a "perfect example of this absolutely colossal sound and the experience of being human." 

Ever assiduous, Mansionair started work on Some Kind Of Alchemy immediately after touring 2022's sophomore Happiness, Guaranteed. "We take our time with albums," Lachlan says. "I think we're an album band and we know it's a long process for us – and we know we live with songs for forever." He and Jack stayed in Los Angeles to write, aiming to reproduce the dopamine rush of their shows. "It was like, 'OK, let's go – let's try and bottle this energy.'"

Yet, post-pandemic, the fold craved adventures. Jack travelled to Berlin, delving into his own solo endeavours with the new project ELMAR. The others also moonlighted – Alex developing his experimental vehicle, Nothing To See Here, as Lachlan expanded his repertoire as a writer and producer, working with a host of artists across multiple genres.