Robbie Furze has never been one for the predictable. The British musician — best known as the architect behind The Big Pink’s noise-drenched anthems and more recently the frontman of Panic DHH — has just pulled back the curtain on his most ambitious project yet: M.O.T.H.E.R., an open-ended collective whose self-titled debut EP arrives today via Fullaway Records.

This isn’t a band in the traditional sense. M.O.T.H.E.R. is built more like a rotating door than a rigid lineup, with Furze at the center inviting longtime friends and collaborators to step in, leave their fingerprints, and step out again. Think of it as a spiritual descendant of N.E.R.D., UNKLE, and Massive Attack — projects defined less by a fixed roster and more by a singular creative gravity. For this opening salvo, that gravity has pulled in two heavyweight contributors: Jamie Hince of The Kills and singer-songwriter Jamie T.

The four-track EP — featuring “MY LOVE,” “REAL HUMAN,” “TRAITOR,” and “SURRENDER” — finds Furze marrying anthemic pop songcraft to sharp-edged sonic invention, the kind of supersized hooks that practically demand to be played loud and the textural grit fans of his earlier work will instantly recognize.

But beneath the scale, there’s something far more tender at the core. “M.O.T.H.E.R. is a project that responds and adapts to what’s happening in the moment,” Furze explains. “This EP came from losing my mother, and everything around it grew out of that, a band of brothers coming together. The next release will be a completely different color and approach.”

That emotional weight crystallizes on lead single “MY LOVE,” a soaring, hymn-like track accompanied by an enigmatic AI-driven official music video from Madrid-based visual artist YZA Voku. “‘MY LOVE’ reads like a love story,” Furze says, “but it came from losing my mother and having my daughter at the same time, just trying to hold onto hope, because love is everything and all around. It sings like a hymn.” He adds: “‘MY LOVE’ faces the cracks head-on yet celebrates what endures. Even as things fall, some love stands unbroken, and it’s worth rejoicing.”

It’s a striking thesis statement for a project that promises to keep evolving. Whether Hince and Jamie T return for the next chapter remains an open question — and that’s kind of the point. M.O.T.H.E.R. is designed to morph, to shift colors with each release, to refuse the comfort of a fixed identity. Today is simply the foundation.

Stream the M.O.T.H.E.R. EP now and dive into “MY LOVE” below.

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For fans of The Big Pink, The Kills, and Jamie T — and anyone hungry for music that treats grief, hope, and reinvention as inseparable forces — M.O.T.H.E.R. is essential listening. Press play, then keep an eye on the horizon: the next installment is already taking shape, and odds are it’ll sound nothing like this one.