Black Midi are on hiatus while the rock group’s members focus on their solo work, and, today, frontman Geordie Greep has announced his first album. Greep’s debut is called The New Sound, and it comes out on October 4 via Rough Trade. Leading the 11-song release is “Holy, Holy,” which comes with a music video directed by Ethan & Tom. Below, watch Greep bust a move at a bowling alley in the new visual; scroll down for the British musician’s upcoming tour dates.
Greep recorded The New Sound in São Paulo, Brazil, and London, England. “With recording The New Sound, it was the first time I have had no one to answer to,” he said in a press statement. “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.”
The New Sound follows Black Midi’s 2022 studio album, Hellfire.
The New Sound:
01 Blues
02 Terra
03 Holy, Holy
04 The New Sound
05 Walk Up
06 Through a War
07 Bongo Season
08 Motorbike
09 As If Waltz
10 The Magician
11 If You Are but a Dream
Geordie Greep:
08-21 London, England – Map Studios
08-23 London, England – Map Studios
08-30 Brighton, England – Concorde 2 (Brighton Psych Fest)
08-31 Manchester, England – Gorilla (Manchester Psych Fest)
09-10 Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool
09-11 New York, NY – Nublu
09-12 Brooklyn, NY – TV Eye
09-13 Brooklyn, NY – Sultan Room
09-19 Hamburg, Germany – Knust (Reeperbahn Festival)
10-10 Cardiff, Wales – Wales Millennium Centre (Cardiff Music City Festival Presents Llais) *
10-19 Budapest, Hungary – Isolation Festival
10-22 Bristol, England – Fleece
10-23 Falmouth, England – The Cornish Bank
10-25 Cambridge, England – Storey’s Field Centre
10-26 Liverpool, England – Arts Club
10-27 Glasgow, Scotland – Classic Grand
10-28 Newcastle upon Tyne, England – The Cluny
10-29 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
10-30 Nottingham, England – Rescue Rooms
11-01 Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
11-09 London, England – EartH (Pitchfork Music Festival London 2024)
12-03 Paris, France – Point Éphémère
12-05 Berlin, Germany – Lido
12-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
12-07 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
12-09 Milan, Italy – Magnolia
12-10 Düdingen, Switzerland – Bad Bonn
01-17 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
01-18 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
01-19 Raleigh, NC – Kings
01-21 Asheville, NC – Eulogy
01-22 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
01-24 Nashville, TN – The Blue Room
01-25 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
01-27 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry
01-28 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
01-31 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
02-01 Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
02-03 Toronto, Ontario – Velvet Underground
02-05 Montreal, Quebec – Bar “Le Ritz” PDB
02-06 Brattleboro, VT – The Stone Church
02-07 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
* with Squid
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