Blood Diamonds has lined up a brand new collaboration with Canadian artist Grimes.
Real name Michael Tucker, Blood Diamonds’ other-worldly approach to pop music has been gaining more and more attention of late. Grimes is obviously a fan, and recently agreed to collaborate with the Los Angeles based artist.
Staying up all night working in pursuit of the perfect pop song, the pair have crafted ‘Phone Sex’. Influenced by K-Pop and massive production, the track will be released through 4AD on July 16th.
Tracklisting
A1. ‘Phone Sex’
A2. ‘Ritual’
B1. ‘Phone Sex (Unicorn Kid remix)’
B2. ‘Phone Sex (Jensen Sportag remix)’
“We wanted to do a big pop song and wrote it in my bedroom in a night. Within the same week, I played the track at a Blood Diamonds show with Claire as the secret guest. It was ridiculous. We wore LED glasses and projected the PS2 game Rez into the mise-en-scene of Twin Peaks, whilst performing on a slippery stage due to the opening act (ice skaters on fake ice dancing to a David Lynch cover orchestra). Later that month, I reproduced ‘Phone Sex’ with halo drums and we re-wrote the lyrics together. When Claire came over to work on those, I didn’t have my phone on me and she slept on my complex’s porch for half an hour, I still feel bad about it. The song was mixed down in Kansas City on a board which also used on Thriller (mostly did this for laughs).”
Mike Tucker
“The song came after a sleepless night in Mike’s room, sipping gin and reading Nabokov over the holidays in Vancouver. It’s our ultimate pop fantasy brought to life.”
Claire Boucher
Photo Credit: Thomas Uribe