Marc Almond publicizes new album of covers and UK Tour…
Marc Almond has revealed that his new album, I’m Not Anybody, shall be a fastidiously curated album of covers.
Whether or not along with his wealthy solo catalogue or throughout his time with the long-lasting Smooth Cell, the singer has at all times possessed a present for introducing songs – some lesser identified, others a little bit forgotten by time – to new audiences.
Marc says: “An excellent track can by no means die and will at all times discover a new life and viewers… I can’t merely simply sing any track; I’ve to really feel that if I might I’d have written it myself – it’s simply that another person stated it first, and much better than me.”
The LP, launched on 12 July, attracts from plenty of totally different genres, from psychedelic and prog rock to people, gospel and soul. It guarantees to be a mature album with a younger coronary heart.
Elusive Butterfly
The primary style of the report comes within the type of a chic tackle Bob Lind’s esoteric 1965 people traditional Elusive Butterfly. With its everlasting themes of the great thing about nature, the transitory nature of life and the elusiveness of affection, Marc’s model comes within the custom of earlier interpretations of the track by the likes of Aretha Franklin, The 4 Tops, Cher and Dolly Parton.
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The title monitor, Paul Anka’s I’m Not Anybody, is the centrepiece of the album, a passionate and emotional ballad about defiance and pleasure with Marc’s trademark emotive drama.
I’m Not Anybody tracklisting:
1. I’m The Gentle (initially by Blue Cheer)
2. Reflections Of My Life (Marmalade)
3. Gone With The Wind (Is My Love) (Rita & The Tiaras/Gloria Jones)
4. I Speak To The Wind (King Crimson)
5. Elusive Butterfly (Bob Lind)
6. I’m Not Anybody (Paul Anka / Sammy Davis Jr.)
7. Smokey Day (Colin Blunstone)
8. Bother Of The World (Mahalia Jackson)
9. Look To Your Soul (Johnny Rivers)
10. Chain Lightning (Don McLean)
11. Lonely Trying Sky (Neil Diamond)
Obtained It Lined
Marc says: “I at all times method curating an album of covers with numerous pleasure because it means a 12 months or so of listening to songs, previous and new, making lists from which I add or subtract songs and within the course of uncover, or rediscover, some half-forgotten gems. Dwelling now in Portugal, I’ve discovered the time to not solely replicate on my life however to additionally rediscover my love for music and songs.
“I lastly reached a number of songs that categorical the place I’m in my life right now and the way I really feel concerning the world and my place in it. These aren’t notably storytelling songs (although for me, lyrics at all times come first) however greater than ever this time I’ve gone for the way a track makes me really feel and the emotional resonance it holds – reflective songs for an older artist, maybe.
New Gentle
“I don’t change a track an excessive amount of, take it too far-off from why I prefer it. An excessive amount of emphasis is made on reinvention. I prefer to suppose that I’m bringing a track in a brand new gentle to my viewers who won’t have heard it earlier than or haven’t thought of it till they’ve heard me sing it. Then they might re-evaluate it.
“I might undergo the album track by track however that takes away the enjoyment of how you could hear it, and to me what’s necessary is the general really feel. Generally why I select a track over one other just isn’t at all times even clear to me, it’s only a feeling and one thing of the second. A selection needs to be settled on and the self-discipline of monitor limitation means generally I simply should go together with what I really feel on that day once I commit. I at all times hope the alternatives are proper, however the album is what it lastly is, and I reside with it.”
Numerous Profession
2024 marks the anniversary of Marc Almond’s forty fifth 12 months in music and a profession of breathtaking range that’s taken in chart topping pop, cutting-edge electronica, torch songs, orchestral ballads, French chansons, historic song-cycles, jazz, flamenco, Russian people and rather more.
He’ll observe the album’s launch with a serious UK headline tour in September. Within the spirit of the brand new album, the live performance tour will consist solely of canopy songs, and the UK reveals shall be adopted by chosen European dates.
He may also tour as particular visitor of Jools Holland from the top of October by means of to Christmas, together with two London reveals on the Royal Albert Corridor on November 29 and 30.
Marc Almond’s headline tour:
SEPTEMBER
8 – Leeds, Grand Theatre
9 – London, Coliseum
11 – Brighton, Dome
14 – Manchester, Bridgewater Corridor
15 – Gateshead, The Glasshouse Worldwide Centre for Music Sage 1
16 – Birmingham, Symphony Corridor
18 – Bristol, Beacon
21 – Edinburgh, Usher Corridor
22 – New Brighton, Floral Pavilion Theatre
Followers who pre-order I’m Not Anybody will obtain entry to a ticket pre-sale which opens at 9am on Thursday, March 21. Click on right here
It stays reside till remaining tickets go on common sale at 9am on Tuesday, March 26. Click on right here
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