Landing on the 4th of September via his own imprint Knee Deep In Sound, ‘Obsessions’ is less a traditional dance record and more a reckoning —with where Daley Padley finds himself now, as an artist and as a person.
Written across a period of constant movement, touring and introspection, the album holds the push and pull between intensity and stillness that has come to define his world.
This is an artist who started making music in Barnsley — long nights, small rooms, total commitment to sound. Those early marathon sets weren’t a stepping stone to something else.
They were the foundation of everything that followed, a career built entirely on instinct rather than expectation. Hot Since 82 has never followed a fixed path. He’s carved out a space that sits somewhere between underground credibility and global reach — and it’s that same restless, uncompromising approach that shaped this album.
The second single to be releases from the album on the 10th of July is ‘Life’s Too Short’. A track that Daley made 6 years ago but never made it onto his last album as he didn’t think it was fit.
He hasn’t changed a thing about the track since, and now feels the time is right to release it. “I’m so happy to finally release this. I genuinely hope it puts a smile on your face, because you simply can’t help but dance to it” adds Daley.
A track that see’s house meets breakbeat-driven energy, it’s built for the dance floor and introduces warmth and movements, weaving big piano moments and a captivating vocal hook.
“I’ve been sitting on this record for so many years, always believing that one day I’d get to share it with you all. It’s a track that’s always resonated with me… and who doesn’t love a feel-good piano house anthem?” –Hot Since 82
For Padley, this is simply what making music has always looked like. Guided by feeling, shaped by experience, resistant to formula.This first single has the power of a timeless record and couldn’t be a better way to kick off the string of singles to come ahead of ‘Obsessions’ later this year.
