Geordie Greep (of black midi) announces his debut solo album The New Sound and shares its first single ‘Holy, Holy’ plus video directed by filmmakers Ethan and Tom. Watch below!
Following three astonishing albums with black midi, most recently 2023’s Hellfire, and almost non-stop worldwide tours for near-on five years, Geordie Greep has somehow found time to record his first solo album The New Sound, an album that has allowed him scope to explore creative ideas like never before. It boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time.
“With recording ‘The New Sound’, 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 (black midi), 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,” said Greep.
What next? Could we see The New Sound as a live concept or is the album going to stay forever in our collective imagination? Greep: “My plan is to ‘do a Keith Jarrett thing’, have a different group of session musicians in a different place and lean into the fact that we’re not going to get it the same.” How can anything ever be ‘the same’ with Greep at the helm?
Listen / download ‘Holy, Holy’ here.
Pre-order / pre-save The New Sound here.
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