black midi's Geordie Greep announces debut solo album 'The New Sound' • News • DIY Magazine

Geordie Greep - guitarist and vocalist of London’s black midi - has shared details of his debut solo album, having recently announced that the band are going on an indefinite hiatus.

Writing on Instagram live on 10th August, Geordie commented that “Black Midi was an interesting band that’s now indefinitely over”, with bassist Cameron Picton then taking to Twitter/X to confirm the news. “We’d agreed not to say anything about ‘breaking up’ so I was as blindsided as everyone else last night but maybe in a different way”, his post read. “I guess sometimes all you can say is lol.”

Now, Geordie has revealed that his solo LP ‘The New Sound’ - which was recorded between São Paulo and London - will be released on 4th October via Rough Trade, and he’s introduced this new chapter via lead single ‘Holy, Holy’.

“With recording ‘The New Sound’, it was the first time I have had no one to answer to”, he has reflected. “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.”

Continuing, he shares that “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.

“I was worried about the length in terms of not overblowing it. But I’m also really bloody bored of listening to music and, for better or worse, knowing in advance what it means or what it’s trying to do. All my favourite music is about the listener coming to terms with what is going on. My favourite singers, like Peter Hammill or Nat King Cole, are literally one of a kind. I love that. Especially with lyrics, where you’re not sure what they’re going on about, but you know it’s not just abstract thoughts.”

You can listen to ‘Holy Holy’ and find out where to catch Geordie live over the next few months below.

‘The New Sound’ full tracklist:
Blues
Terra
Holy, Holy
The New Sound
Walk Up
Through A War
Bongo Season
Motorbike
As If Waltz
The Magician
If You Are But A Dream

Geordie Greep’s upcoming tour dates are as follows:

AUGUST 2024
21 Map Studios, London (sold out)
23 Map Studios, London (sold out)
30 Concorde 2, Brighton Psych Fest
31 Gorilla, Manchester Psych Fest

SEPTEMBER 2024
10 Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY (sold out)
11 Nublu, New York, NY
12 TV Eye, Brooklyn, NY
13 Sultan Room, Brooklyn, NY
19 Reeperbahn Festival, Knust, Hamburg

OCTOBER 2024
10 Llais Festival, WMC, Cardiff
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 2024
01 Les Nuits Botanique Weekender, Orangerie, Brussels
09 Pitchfork Festival, EartH, London

DECEMBER 2024
03 Point Ephemere, Paris
05 Lido, Berlin
06 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
07 Doornroosje, Nijmegen
09 Magnolia, Milan
10 Bad Bonn, Düdingen

JANUARY 2025
17 Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA
18 Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
19 Kings, Raleigh, NC
21 Eulogy, Asheville, NC
22 The Earl, Atlanta, GA
24 The Blue Room, Nashville, TN
25 Off Broadway, St Louis, MO
27 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis, MN
28 High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
31 The Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL

FEBRUARY 2025
01 Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo, MI
03 Velvet Underground, Toronto, ON
05 Bar Le Ritz, Montreal, QC
06 The Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
07 Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA

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