NYX contributed vocals to the album and is developing a live touring show that extends vocal arrangements to fill site specific and immersive environments, including AV design by filmmaker Pedro Maia.

Emerging from an extended stay at Bidston Observatory on the Wirral, Lieve was recorded throughout 2020 in the North West of England. Using the acoustics of the observatory — the cavernous basement and the geometrically-perfect wooden domes — Holy Other recorded and resampled material that would become the bedrock of Lieve.

A marker in the sand as his first output since 2012’s critically acclaimed Held, these recordings — including the voice of NYX, violin from Simmy Singh and saxophone from Daniel Thorne — were cut, manipulated and pieced together to form the record. The title track single Lieve breaks almost a decade of silence, finding the language to articulate painful feelings, exhaling, and moving forward.