After Black Midi split, Geordie Greep announces debut solo album ‘The New Sound’ with single ‘Holy, Holy’

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Black Midi, Geordie Greep has shared details of a debut solo album called ‘The New Sound’. Check out the lead single ‘Holy Holy’ and new tour dates below.The announcement of the new material comes just days after Greep and bandmate Cameron Picton confirmed the “indefinite” end to the band on social media.In an Instagram Live broadcast, Greep responded to fans asking when the band would be releasing a new album by typing “no more black midi” and “it’s over” into the chat.He continued: “Black Midi was an interesting band that’s now indefinitely over.”Now, just over a week afterwards, Greep has shared details of a new debut solo album titled ‘The New Sound’.

It was made by the guitarist and vocalist while together with Black Midi, and developed amid the band sharing their album ‘Hellfire’ and touring almost non-stop for nearly five years.Set to arrive on October 4 (pre-order here), the forthcoming release is set to see the artist explore heavy themes of desperation, alongside an “all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time”.“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,” Greep explained. “With recording ‘The New Sound’, it was the first time I have had no one to answer to.“With every impulse I had, I was able to completely follow it through to its conclusion.