Geordie Greep (of black midi) Announces Debut Solo Album ‘The New Sound’ out October 4th.
First single ‘Holy Holy’ out now
“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.” –Geordie Greep
Geordie Greep (guitarist and vocalist in black midi) today announces his debut solo album The New Sound and shares its first single ‘Holy, Holy’ with a video directed by Ethan & Tom.
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, a record 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. Geordie Greep says “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.”
Over thirty session musicians were involved in the making of the album, on two continents, in São Paulo and London. Geordie Greep explains “Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere, but it just wasn’t right, so we re-recorded them with new people. Half of the tracks were done in Brazil, with local musicians pulled together at the last minute. They’d never heard anything I’d done before, they were just interested in the demos I’d made. The tracking was all done in one, maybe two days. Then we did the overdubs later, in London.”
The New Sound standard LP
The New Sound LP with bonus 7″
TOUR DATES
Wed-Aug-21 – Map Studios, London (SOLD OUT)
Fri-Aug-23 – Map Studios, London (SOLD OUT)
Fri-Aug-30 – Brighton Psych Fest @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Sat-Aug-31 – Manchester Psych Fest @ Gorilla, Manchester
Tue-Sep-10 – Brooklyn,NY Union Pool (SOLD OUT)
Wed-Sep-11 – New York,NY Nublu (SOLD OUT)
Thu-Sep-12 – Brooklyn,NY TV Eye
Fri-Sep-13 – Brooklyn,NY Sultan Room
Thu-Sept-19 – Reeperbahn Festival @ Knust, Hamburg
Thur-Oct-10 – Llais Festival @ WMC (w/ Squid), Cardiff
Sat-Oct-19 – Isolation Festival, Budapest
Tue-Oct-22 – Fleece, Bristol
Wed-Oct-23 – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
Fri-Oct-25 – Storey’s Field Centre, Cambridge
Sat-Oct-26 – Arts Club, Liverpool
Sun-Oct-27 – Classic Grand, Glasgow
Mon-Oct-28 – The Cluny, Newcastle
Tue-Oct-29 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
Wed-Oct-30 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Fri-Nov-01 – Les Nuits Botanique Weekender @ Orangerie, Brussels
Sat-Nov-09 – Pitchfork Festival @ EartH, London
Tue-Dec-03 – Point Ephemere, Paris
Thu-Dec-05 – Lido, Berlin
Fri-Dec-06 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
Sat-Dec-07 – Doornroosje, Nijmegen
Mon-Dec-09 – Magnolia, Milan
Tue-Dec-10 – Bad Bonn, Düdingen
Fri-Jan-17 – Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
Sat-Jan-18 – Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Sun-Jan-19 – Raleigh, NC Kings
Tue-Jan-21 – Asheville, NC Eulogy
Wed-Jan-22 – Nashville, TN The Blue Room
Sat-Jan-25 – St Louis, MO Off Broadway
Mon-Jan-27 – Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
Tue-Jan-28 – Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Fri-Jan-31 – Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
Sat-Feb-01 – Kalamazoo, MI Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
Mon-Feb-03 – Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
Wed-Feb-05 – Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
Thu-Feb-06 – Brattleboro, VT The Stone Church
Fri-Feb-07 – Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Thu-Feb-13 – Tokyo
Fri-Feb-14 – Nagoya
Sat-Feb-15 – Kyoto
Sun-Feb-16 – Osaka
Tue-Feb-18 – Hiroshima
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