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Geordie Greep built his reputation as the compositional engine behind Black Midi, one of the most genuinely restless bands to emerge from London's post-punk underground in the last decade. With Black Midi now on indefinite hiatus, "The New Sound" lands as a genuine statement of intent, a sprawling, maximalist debut that draws from jazz, prog, and avant-pop without settling into any of them.
The New Sound - Geordie Greep / "Music can be so much more than learning to play the same as everybody else. It can be anything you want. " Geordie's debut solo album boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun, walking the line between the ridiculous and brilliant with a teflon-coated aplomb. How the record came about is a thing to marvel at. Over thirty session musicians were involved in it's making, on two continents. Tracks often oscillate from whispers to shouts and start and end on a bang. The spirit of Greep's increasingly febrile and furtive soliloquies conjure up both Franks (Zappa & Sinatra), with a side of Scott Walker.
Tracklist
Side A
1. Blues
2. Terra
3. Holy, Holy
Side B
1. The New Sound
2. Walk Up
3. Through A War
4. Bongo Season
Side C
1. Motorbike
2. As If Waltz
Side D
1. The Magician
2. If You Are But A Dream
Disc 1
1. I Love My Family
2. Aching Knees
UPC: 191402049916
Label: Rough Trade Us
Release Date: 10.4.24
Format: LP Vinyl