Geordie Greep has announced his debut solo album 'The New Sound' with teaser single 'Holy, Holy'
The former Black Midi member explores themes of desperation in his solo debut.
Geordie Greep, of Black Midi, has announced his debut solo album 'The New Sound'.
Set for release on 4th October, the announcement comes shortly after Greep and bandmate Cameron Picton confirmed the "indefinite" end of Black Midi on social media.
The main theme of the record is desperation, Greep explains: "You don't hear an unreliable narrator but someone who is kidding themselves that they have everything under control, but they don't."
He adds: "With recording 'The New Sound', it was the first time I have had no one to answer to. With every impulse I had, I was able to completely follow it through to its conclusion. Being in a band, we often have this 'we can do everything' feeling, but you are also kind of limited in that approach, and sometimes it's good to do something else, to let go of things."
The album was recorded across over 30 sessions in São Paulo and London. "Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere, but it just wasn't right, so we re-recorded them with new people. Half of the tracks were done in Brazil, with local musicians pulled together at the last minute. They'd never heard anything I'd done before, they were just interested in the demos I'd made. The tracking was all done in one, maybe two days. Then we did the overdubs later, in London."
Greep has released the lead single 'Holy, Holy', too.
Set for release on 4th October, the announcement comes shortly after Greep and bandmate Cameron Picton confirmed the "indefinite" end of Black Midi on social media.
The main theme of the record is desperation, Greep explains: "You don't hear an unreliable narrator but someone who is kidding themselves that they have everything under control, but they don't."
He adds: "With recording 'The New Sound', it was the first time I have had no one to answer to. With every impulse I had, I was able to completely follow it through to its conclusion. Being in a band, we often have this 'we can do everything' feeling, but you are also kind of limited in that approach, and sometimes it's good to do something else, to let go of things."
The album was recorded across over 30 sessions in São Paulo and London. "Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere, but it just wasn't right, so we re-recorded them with new people. Half of the tracks were done in Brazil, with local musicians pulled together at the last minute. They'd never heard anything I'd done before, they were just interested in the demos I'd made. The tracking was all done in one, maybe two days. Then we did the overdubs later, in London."
Greep has released the lead single 'Holy, Holy', too.
His full list of tour dates is as follows:
AUGUST 2024
23 Map Studios, London
30 Brighton Psych Fest @ Concorde 2, Brighton
31 Manchester Psych Fest @ Gorilla, Manchester
SEPTEMBER
10 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
11 New York, NY Nublu
12 Brooklyn, NY TV Eye
13 Brooklyn, NY Sultan Room
19 Reeperbahn Festival @ Knust, Hamburg
OCTOBER
10 Llais Festival @ WMC (w/ Squid),
19 Isolation Festival, Budapest
22 Fleece, Bristol
23 The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
25 Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge
26 Arts Club, Liverpool
27 Classic Grand, Glasgow
28 The Cluny, Newcastle
29 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
30 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
NOVEMBER
1 Les Nuits Botanique Weekender @ Orangerie, Brussels
9 Pitchfork Festival @ EartH, London
DECEMBER
3 Point Ephemere, Paris
5 Lido, Berlin
6 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
7 Doornroosje, Nijmegen
9 Magnolia, Milan
10 Bad Bonn, Düdingen
JANUARY 2025
17 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
18 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
19 Raleigh, NC Kings
21 Asheville, NC Eulogy
22 Atlanta, GA The Earl
24 Nashville, TN The Blue Room
25 St Louis, MO Off Broadway
27 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
28 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
31 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
FEBRUARY
1 Kalamazoo, MI Bell's Eccentric Cafe
3 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
5 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
6 Brattleboro, VT The Stone Church
7 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
AUGUST 2024
23 Map Studios, London
30 Brighton Psych Fest @ Concorde 2, Brighton
31 Manchester Psych Fest @ Gorilla, Manchester
SEPTEMBER
10 Brooklyn, NY Union Pool
11 New York, NY Nublu
12 Brooklyn, NY TV Eye
13 Brooklyn, NY Sultan Room
19 Reeperbahn Festival @ Knust, Hamburg
OCTOBER
10 Llais Festival @ WMC (w/ Squid),
19 Isolation Festival, Budapest
22 Fleece, Bristol
23 The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
25 Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge
26 Arts Club, Liverpool
27 Classic Grand, Glasgow
28 The Cluny, Newcastle
29 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
30 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
NOVEMBER
1 Les Nuits Botanique Weekender @ Orangerie, Brussels
9 Pitchfork Festival @ EartH, London
DECEMBER
3 Point Ephemere, Paris
5 Lido, Berlin
6 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
7 Doornroosje, Nijmegen
9 Magnolia, Milan
10 Bad Bonn, Düdingen
JANUARY 2025
17 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
18 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
19 Raleigh, NC Kings
21 Asheville, NC Eulogy
22 Atlanta, GA The Earl
24 Nashville, TN The Blue Room
25 St Louis, MO Off Broadway
27 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
28 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
31 Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
FEBRUARY
1 Kalamazoo, MI Bell's Eccentric Cafe
3 Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
5 Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
6 Brattleboro, VT The Stone Church
7 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
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