Bartees Strange kanaliserer frygt som emne på sit tredje album – Horror ude d. 14/2-25
I dag annoncerer Bartees Strange sit tredje album, Horror, som udkommer den 14. februar 2025 på 4AD / Playground Music. Det er hans mest ambitiøse og alsidige projekt til dato, og det følger op på Farm To Table fra 2022.
Strange blev opdraget med frygt. Hans familie fortalte ham skrækhistorier for at lære ham livets lektier, og i en tidlig alder begyndte han at se skræmmende film for at øve sig i at være stærk. Verden kan være et skræmmende sted, og for en ung, queer, sort person i det landlige Amerika kan den frygt være meget nærværende. Horror er et album om at konfrontere denne frygt, og om at vokse til at blive nogen, man skal frygte.
Om sit kommende album fortæller Bartees Strange:“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.”
I dag udgiver Bartees Strange sin nye single ’Sober’, produceret af Strange selv, Jack Antonoff, Yves Rothman og Lawrence Rothman.
Strange fortæller: “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.”
Singlen kommer med en tilhørende musikvideo, instrueret af Ricardo Betancourt. Videoen henter inspiration fra Sly & The Family Stones optræden på Soul Train i 1974.
Se videoen og lyt til sangen her.
Tracklist
1. Too Much
2. Hit It Quit It
3. Sober
4. Baltimore
5. Lie 95
6. Wants, Needs
7. Lovers
8. Doomsday Buttercup
9. 17
10. Looped Defenders
11. Norf Gun
12. Backseat Banton