Geordie Greep (Black Midi)

The former Black Midi-er impressively evolves from his former incarnation into something even more fantastical, firing surrealist poetry with thinly veiled attacks at deserving targets amidst a tangled and kaleidoscopic set of instrumental freakouts that is equal parts jazz-timed prog and Vegas-peering yacht rock.

It won't be for everyone but, if it even remotely intrigues you - jump in!. Following three astonishing albums with black midi, 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. Geordie Greep; “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; “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.”