''Strange Dance'' is the third studio album by the English musician

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. It was released on 24 February 2023 via

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. It comes almost nine years after Selway's previous studio album, '' Weatherhouse'', not including Selway's composition of the soundtrack to the film ''Let Me Go'' in 2017. The album received generally positive reviews.

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Selway described his vision for the project as "a

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record if she collaborated with the pioneering electronic composer

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and invited her to drum on it". Contributors include

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, who also produced the album, and Hannah Peel,

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of Portishead and Quinta. Selway chose not to drum on the album, finding he was out of practice and "not in the right mindset", and enlisted the Italian drummer Valentina Magaletti. The album cover features a piece by the abstract painter Stewart Geddes.

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"Check for Signs of Life" was released as the first single on 25 October 2022, followed by "Picking Up Pieces" on 9 January 2023, and “Strange Dance” on 8 February 2023. ''Strange Dance'' was released on 24 February 2023 via

. Alongside the standard release, the album received a deluxe edition for vinyl containing a second LP called ''Liminal'', consisting of pieces Selway composed for the film ''

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