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SHEDDING
Ghostpoet is pleased to announce his forthcoming album ‘Shedding Skin’.
The first fruits of the album, the track ‘Off Peak Dreams’ has already been premiered on Zane Lowe’s Radio One show and sees Ghostpoet, London-based Obaro Ejimiwe moving on from the cathartic musings of 2013’s ‘Some Say I So I Say Light’ album.
‘Shedding Skin’ is the manifestation of a new challenge of fresh thinking and a brave confident stride into previously uncharted waters. Ten songs that embrace, unite and narrate observations that are designed to sit beside each other through bright peaks and dark shallows.
Unlike his previous albums, ‘Shedding Skin’ was recorded with a traditional live set up with what has become his touring band; Joe Newman on guitar, bass player John Calvert and John Blease on drums.
The self-produced album also features guest vocals from Nadine Shah, Etta Bond, Melanie De Biasio, Lucy Rose and Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith, amounting in a collection that sets a new precedent as his very best work yet.
The first fruits of the album, the track ‘Off Peak Dreams’ has already been premiered on Zane Lowe’s Radio One show and sees Ghostpoet, London-based Obaro Ejimiwe moving on from the cathartic musings of 2013’s ‘Some Say I So I Say Light’ album.
‘Shedding Skin’ is the manifestation of a new challenge of fresh thinking and a brave confident stride into previously uncharted waters. Ten songs that embrace, unite and narrate observations that are designed to sit beside each other through bright peaks and dark shallows.
Unlike his previous albums, ‘Shedding Skin’ was recorded with a traditional live set up with what has become his touring band; Joe Newman on guitar, bass player John Calvert and John Blease on drums.
The self-produced album also features guest vocals from Nadine Shah, Etta Bond, Melanie De Biasio, Lucy Rose and Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith, amounting in a collection that sets a new precedent as his very best work yet.
TRACK LISTING
Off Peak Dreams
X Marks The Spot
Be Right Back, Moving House
Shedding Skin
Yes, I Helped You Pack
That Ring Down The Drain Kind Of Feeling
Sorry My Love, It's You Not Me
Better Not Butter
The Pleasure In Pleather
Nothing In The Way
Shedding is Connor Bell of Louisville, Kentucky. He's been making music for years, crafting something out of electronic nothing with sounds neighbouring old science film strips, Cluster, and Faust. Rising from the quiet of one of Hometapes' first releases, Shedding's new album brings him into greater focus. Inspired by Eric Dolphy flute compositions, Shedding uses field recordings and samples to fuel his analog and digital dismantling. Combine that with his first foray into recognizable traditionally recorded instrumentation (guitar, bass, drums...) And we're left with a sequence of timeless, placeless, and ecstatic pieces. Highly recommended! For fans of Nurse With Wound, Faust, Mouse On Mars, David Grubbs, Greg Davis etc.