Brian Eno and Fred Again... (Fred Gibson) return with the surprise album Secret Life on Four Tet's (Kieran Hebden) label Text Records with the label head calling it "the most beautiful album of 2023". Secret Life was written between 2020 and 2022, and was mastered by Hebden. The duo met when Gibson, joined an a cappella group based at Eno's studio as a teenager. They've also previously worked together on Eno's albums, Someday World and High Life.