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Oct 01, 2024 By Mark Redfern Photography by Yis Kid

Geordie Greep of black midi is releasing his debut solo album, The New Sound, this Friday via Rough Trade. Now he has shared another new song from it, “Blues,” as well as a live video for the song. He’s also announced some new U.S. tour dates for next April and May. Check it all out below.

When The New Sound was announced Greep shared a video for its first single, “Holy Holy,” which was one of our Songs of the Week.

Black midi’s most recent album, Hellfire, was one of our Top 100 Albums of 2022.

“The main theme of the record is desperation; you don’t hear an unreliable narrator but someone who is kidding themselves that they have everything under control, but they don’t,” says Greep on the new album in a press release.

He adds: “With recording The New Sound, it was the first time I have had no one to answer to. And with every impulse I had, I was able to completely follow it through to its conclusion. Being in a band (black midi), we often have this ‘we can do everything’ feeling, but you are also kind of limited in that approach, and sometimes it’s good to do something else, to let go of things.”

Greep recorded the album with over 30 musicians in São Paulo and London. “Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere, but it just wasn’t right, so we re-recorded them with new people,” he explains. “Half of the tracks were done in Brazil, with local musicians pulled together at the last minute. They’d never heard anything I’d done before, they were just interested in the demos I’d made. The tracking was all done in one, maybe two days. Then we did the overdubs later, in London.”

As for his future solo endeavors, Greep says: “My plan is to ‘do a Keith Jarrett thing,’ have a different group of session musicians in a different place and lean into the fact that we’re not going to get it the same.”

Geordie Greep Tour Dates:

2024:

Fri-Oct-4 – London, ICA – SOLD OUT
Sat-Oct-5 - London, ICA – SOLD OUT
Sun-Oct-6 - London, RT East, Instore
Thur-Oct-10 - Cardiff , Llais Festival @ WMC (w/ Squid)
Sat-Oct-19 – Budapest, Isolation Festival
Tue-Oct-22 - Bristol, Fleece
Wed-Oct-23 – Falmouth, The Cornish Bank
Fri-Oct-25 – Cambridge, Storey’s Field Centre
Sat-Oct-26 – Liverpool, Arts Club
Sun-Oct-27 – Glasgow, Classic Grand
Mon-Oct-28 – Newcastle, The Cluny
Tue-Oct-29 – Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
Wed-Oct-30 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Fri-Nov-01 – Brussels, Les Nuits Botanique Weekender @ Orangerie
Sat-Nov-09 - London, Pitchfork Festival @ EartH
Tue-Dec-03 – Paris, Point Ephemere
Thu-Dec-05 – Berlin, Lido
Fri-Dec-06 – Amsterdam, Bitterzoet
Sat-Dec-07 – Nijmegen, Doornroosje
Mon-Dec-09 – Milan, Magnolia
Tue-Dec-10 - Düdingen, Bad Bonn

2025:

Thu-Jan-16 - Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
Fri-Jan-17 - Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s – SOLD OUT
Sat-Jan-18 - Baltimore, MD Ottobar
Sun-Jan-19 - Raleigh, NC Kings
Tue-Jan-21 - Asheville, NC Eulogy
Wed-Jan-22 - Atlanta, GA The Earl
Fri-Jan-24 - Nashville, TN The Blue Room @ Third Man Records
Sat-Jan-25 - St Louis, MO Off Broadway
Mon-Jan-27 - Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
Tue-Jan-28 - Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Thu-Jan-30 – Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
Fri-Jan-31 - Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle – SOLD OUT
Sat-Feb-01 - Kalamazoo, MI Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
Mon-Feb-03 - Toronto, ON Axis Club Theatre – VENUE UPGRADE
Wed-Feb-05 - Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
Thu-Feb-06 - Brattleboro, VT The Stone Church
Fri-Feb-07 - Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Sat-Feb-8 – Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
Mon-Apr-28 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
Tue-Apr-29 Santa Ana, CA The Constellation Room
Thu-May-01 Los Angeles, CA Regent Theatre
Fri-May-02 San Diego, CA Soda Bar
Sat-May-03 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’s
Mon-May-05 Santa Cruz,C A The Catalyst Atrium
Tue-May-06 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Wed-May-07 Sacramento, CA Harlow’s
Fri-May-09 Portland, OR Aladdin Theatre
Sat-May-10 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
Sun-May-11 Vancouver, BC The Pearl

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