Bartees Strange has confirmed plans for new album ‘Horror’.
The songwriter’s new album is out on February 14th via 4AD, and it follows his 2022 album ‘Farm To Table’.
Working with a complex cast of creators, each song owes its gestation to spells in Bartees’ home studio.
He says: “In a way I think I made this record to reach out to people who may feel afraid of things in their lives too. For me it’s love, locations, cosmic bad luck, or that feeling of doom that I’ve struggled with for as long as I can remember. I think that it’s easier to navigate the horrors and strangeness of life once you realize that everyone around you feels the same. This album is just me trying to connect. I’m trying to shrink the size of the world. I’m trying to feel close – so I’m less afraid.”
The incoming record is led by bold new single ‘Sober’ – constructed alongside Jack Antonoff, Yves Rothman and Lawrence Rothman.
Bartees comments…
“This song is about falling short in a relationship, over and over and drinking because of it. I think this is something a lot of people can probably relate to. Being in love, but not being the best at showing it or feeling successful within it. And being afraid that this is something you’ll just always deal with because you never really saw a better example of how love works.”
The single is paired with a music video directed by Ricardo Betancourt that draws inspiration from Sly & The Family Stone’s 1974 Soul Train performance.
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Photo Credit: Elizabeth De La Piedra
