Just days after Black Midi announced their indefinite hiatus, vocalist and guitarist Geordie Greep announced a new solo album titled The new soundwhich is set for release on October 4. She also shared the album's first single, “Holy Holy,” and a slate of tour dates for 2025.
Greep wrote many of the songs of The new sound among the black midi shows over the past two years. Over 30 different musicians took part in the sessions The new soundWhich was recorded in both London and São Paulo, Greep says in a statement that much of the album was re-recorded in Brazil “with local musicians assembled at the last minute” and finished in London.
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“It was the first time I didn’t have anyone to be accountable to,” Greep says of the new album. “And with every impulse I had, I was able to follow it completely to its conclusion. Being in a (black midi) band, we often have that feeling of ‘we can do everything,’ but you’re also a bit limited in that approach, and sometimes it’s nice to do something else, to let things go.” He describes the main theme of The new sound like “despair; you don’t hear an unreliable narrator but someone who deludes himself into believing that he has everything under control, but he doesn’t.”
To support The new soundGreep has a European tour planned for 2024, taking place in the fall, and a North American tour for 2025, taking place in the winter. The North American leg kicks off with a January 17 show in Philadelphia and continues through the Northeast and Midwest, stopping in cities like Baltimore, Nashville, Chicago, Toronto, and more. Before the new dates, he’ll play a four-show residency in New York City in September. Check out the full list of Geordie Greep tour dates below.
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“Santo Santo” is the first offering of The new soundAnd it’s every bit as grandiose as Greep’s usual output of black midi music. With heavy Latin big band notes and a whiff of desperation, “Holy Holy” follows a character convincing a woman in a nightclub that he is, indeed, a famous and beloved man, until the music builds to a chaotic climax and the character’s insecurities are laid bare: “And I want you to make me look taller/ Could you kneel down the whole time? How much would that cost?” Greep sings.
The song also arrives thanks to a music video directed by Ethan and Tom. The video shows Greep in a suit at a bowling alley, frequently dancing on the slippery floor and drinking a cocktail through a straw. Finally, we zoom in on bowling, through casino imagery, and end up on a pool table, all done with a psychedelic tinge. Watch the video for “Holy Holy” below.
Greep released three albums with black midi, including the 2023 one Hellfire. Although he himself broke the news during a recent Instagram Live session, the band confirmed via The Quietus that they would be on an “indefinite” hiatus but could reunite in the future: “After a successful tour that included dates in South America, they have agreed to take a break and do some solo work, with the understanding that Black Midi's door [would] can be left open.” Cameron Picton, another member of the trio, has also teased more music from his solo project, Camera Picture.
The new sound Work of art:
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The new sound Tracklist:
01. Blue
02. Earth
03. Holy, Holy
04. The new sound
05. Walk up
06. Through a war
07. Bongo Season
08. Motorcycle
09. As if it were a waltz
10. The magician
11. If you are just a dream
Geordie Greep Tour Dates 2024-2025:
08/30 — Brighton, United Kingdom @ Concorde 2 (Brighton Psych Fest)
31/08 — Manchester, UK @ Gorilla (Manchester Psych Fest)
10/09 – Brooklyn, New York @ Union Pool
11/09 – New York, New York @ Nublu
09/12 – Brooklyn, New York @ TV Eye
09/13 – Brooklyn, New York @ Sultan Room
09/19 — Hamburg, DE @ Knust (Reeperbahn Festival)
10/10 — Cardiff, UK @ WMC (Llais Festival with Squid)
10/19 — Budapest, Hungary @ Isolation Festival
22/10 — Bristol, UK @ Fleece
10/23 — Falmouth, United Kingdom @ The Cornish Bank
25/10 — Cambridge, UK, at Storey's Field Centre
26/10 — Liverpool, UK @ Arts Club
10/27 — Glasgow, United Kingdom @ Classic Grand
28/10 — Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
29/10 — Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
30/10 — Nottingham, UK @ Rescue Rooms
01/11 – Brussels, BE @ Orangerie (Les Nuits Botanique Weekend)
11/09 — London, UK @ EarthH (Pitchfork Festival)
03/12 — Paris, FR @ Point Éphémère
12/05 — Berlin, DE @ Lido
06/12 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
07/12 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje
09/12 — Milan, IT @ Magnolia
12/10 — Düdingen, Switzerland @ Bad Bonn
01/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
01/18 — Baltimore, Maryland at Ottobar
1/19 — Raleigh, NC @ Kings
01/21 — Asheville, North Carolina at Eulogy
01/22 — Atlanta, Georgia at The Earl
01/24 — Nashville, Tennessee, at The Blue Room
01/25 — St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
01/27 — Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entrance
01/28 — Madison, Wisconsin, at the High Noon Saloon
01/31 — Chicago, Illinois at The Empty Bottle
01/02 — Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's Eccentric Café
03/02 — Toronto, Ontario @ Velvet Underground
05/02 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz
06/02 — Brattleboro, VT @ The Stone Church
02/07 — Boston, MA at Brighton Music Hall
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