Geordie Greep, guitarist and vocalist in Black Midi, has shared details of his debut solo album, The New Sound.
Spanning 11 tracks, it was made with the help of more than 30 session musicians across London and São Paulo. Greep has marked the announcement with the unveiling of lead single ‘Holy, Holy’, for which you can watch a video below.
In a statement about The New Sound, Greep said: “The main theme of the record is desperation; you don’t hear an unreliable narrator but someone who is kidding themselves that they have everything under control, but they don’t.
“It was the first time I have had no one to answer to. And 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.”
It was recently revealed that Black Midi had split with Greep telling fans on an Instagram live chat that the project “was an interesting band that’s now indefinitely over”. Management sources have however stressed that the band is only on indefinite hiatus for now.
Rough Trade will release The New Sound on October 4, 2024.
