Beth Jeans Houghton is ready to attempt something new, something different.
Adopting the Du Blonde moniker, the singer will release upcoming album 'Welcome Back To Milk' on May 18th.
Taken from said LP, new track 'Mind Is On My Mind' has been placed online. Du Blonde explains: “I wrote 'Mind Is On My Mind' on the back of a motorbike riding down the Pacific Coast Highway in LA and had to remember it all the way from Topanga to Malibu. I was interested at the time in writing songs with no repeating sections, but rather a succession of acts."
"A couple of months later, Sam (Herring) and I took a trip out to the desert and came back to LA to make some music. I played him the track and he got in the booth and ad-libbed his lyrics over the instrumentation. He was done in like one or two takes. When I was back in London I'd become obsessed with these Middle Eastern and Greek guitar scales and I added the lead guitar in the outro as a contrast to Sam's vocals.”
Featuring Samuel T Herring from Future Islands, it's an intense yet gorgeous listen – check it out below.
Catch Du Blonde live:
June
3 Brighton Green Door Store
4 London 100 Club
5 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
6 Bristol Louisiana
7 Nottingham The Bodega
9 Manchester Deaf Institute
10 Glasgow Broadcast
11 Newcastle The Cluny
24 Thirsk Deer Shed Festival
Photo Credit: David Chavennes
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