Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) og Big Red Machine går sammen og udgiver singlen ‘No Time For Love Like Now’
Efter at have spillet sangen live for første gang på YouTube og hos The Late Show with Stephen Colbert i april, kan Michael Stipe og Big Red Machine nu udgive den stærke sang ’No Time For Love Like Now’, der er ude nu på 37d03d / Playground Music i Norden.
Sangen er skrevet af Michael Stipe og Aaron Dessner, produceret af Aaron Dessner, orkestreret af Bryce Dessner, og med lyrik skrevet af Michael Stipe.
’No Time For Love Like Now’ udkommer med en tilhørende musikvideo, instrueret af Eaux Claires, The National og Michael Brown.
Se videoen og lyt til sangen her:
’No Time For Love Like Now’ er første sang fra Big Red Machine siden udgivelsen af deres anmelderroste, selvbetitlede debutalbum fra 2018. Big Red Machine begyndte som et samarbejde mellem Aaron Dessner og Justin Vernon i 2008, og er siden vokset til et artist-kollektiv. Da gruppen begyndte at arbejde på ny musik sidste år, kom denne sang på en detour og endte hos Michael Stipe.
“I’m super excited to work with Aaron Dessner,” siger Stipe om samarbejdet. “And I’m thrilled with how the song and lyrics landed. The title says it all.”
Ud over Michael og Aaron har følgende medvirket på sangen: Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) på guitar, Brad Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger, War on Drugs) på synth, JT Bates (Lizzo Poliça) på trommer, Thomas Bartlett aka Doveman (Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens) på keys, Clarice Jensen (Björk, Nick Cave) og Yuki Numata Resnick (Beirut, Blonde Redhead) på violin/viola.
Michael Stipe har designet en ’No Time For Love Like Now’ t-shirt and mulepose, der kan købes her. Al overskud går til The Equal Justice Initiative og Covid-19 Protest Relief Fund.
NO TIME FOR LOVE LIKE NOW
no time for breezy
no time for arguments
no time for love like now
there’s no time in the bardo
no time in the in-between
no time for love like now
there’s no time for dancing
no time for undecideds
no time for love like now
where did this all begin to change
the lockdown memories can’t sustain
this glistening, hanging free fall
i turned away from the glorious light
i turned my head and cried
whatever waiting means in this new place
i am waiting for you
there’s no time for honey
no time for psalms and thresholds
whisper a sweet prayer sigh
where did this all begin to change
the lockdown memories can’t sustain
this glistening hanging free fall
i turned away from the glorious light
i turned my head and cried
whatever waiting means in this new place
i am waiting for you
your voice is echoing love love love love love
i hear it far far away
and i am here waiting for you
i am waiting for you
whatever waiting means in this new place
i am waiting for you
i am waiting for you
“No Time For Love Like Now” credits:
Written by Michael Stipe and Aaron Dessner
Performed by Michael Stipe and Big Red Machine
Vocals by Michael Stipe
Drum Programming, Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, High String Guitar, Electric Guitar by Aaron Dessner
Orchestration and Synthesizer by Bryce Dessner
Electric Guitar by Justin Vernon
Drum Kit and Percussion by JT Bates
Synthesizer by Brad Cook
Keyboards by Thomas Bartlett
Cello by Clarice Jensen
Violin and Viola by Yuki Numata Resnick
Produced by Aaron Dessner at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY)
Additional Production by Jonathan Low
Recorded and Mixed by Jonathan Low and Aaron Dessner at Long Pond (Hudson Valley, NY)
Mastered by Greg Calbi with Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound (Edgewater, NJ)