Geordie Greep will release his debut solo album The New Sound, on on October 4th via Rough Trade records. Ahead of the LP’s arrival, the black midi guitarist and vocalist has shared “Holy, Holy” paired with a video directed by Ethan & Tom.

The New Sound FOLLOWS albums with black midi, most recently 2023’s Hellfire, and almost non-stop worldwide tours for near-on five years, Geordie Greep has somehow found time to record his first solo album, a record that has allowed him scope to explore creative ideas like never before. It boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time. Geordie Greep says “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.”

Over thirty session musicians were involved in the making of the album, on two continents, in São Paulo and London. Geordie Greep explains “Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere, but it just wasn’t right, so we re-recorded them with new people. 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.”

Greep; “I was worried about the length in terms of not overblowing it. But I’m also really bloody bored of listening to music and, for better or worse, knowing in advance what it means or what it’s trying to do. All my favorite music is about the listener coming to terms with what is going on. My favorite singers, like Peter Hammill or Nat King Cole, are literally one of a kind. I love that. Especially with lyrics, where you’re not sure what they’re going on about, but you know it’s not just abstract thoughts.”

What next? Could we see The New Sound as a live concept or is the album going to stay forever in our collective imagination? Greep; “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.” How can anything ever be ‘the same’ with Greep at the helm?

Geordie Greep
The New Sound
Rough Trade Records

1.Blues
2.Terra
3.Holy, Holy
4.The New Sound
5.Walk Up
6.Through A War
7.Bongo Season
8.Motorbike
9.As If Waltz
10.The Magician
11.If You Are But A Dream

Geordie Greep 2024-2025 Tour Dates

Wed-Aug-21 – Map Studios, London SOLD OUT
Fri-Aug-23 – Map Studios, London SOLD OUT
Fri-Aug-30 – Brighton Psych Fest @ Concorde 2, Brighton
Sat-Aug-31 – Manchester Psych Fest @ Gorilla, Manchester

SEPTEMBER NYC RESIDENCY
Tue-Sep-10 – Brooklyn,NY Union Pool SOLD OUT
Wed-Sep-11 – New York,NY Nublu SOLD OUT
Thu-Sep-12 – Brooklyn,NY TV Eye
Fri-Sep-13 – Brooklyn,NY Sultan Room

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

2025 North American Tour Dates

Fri-Jan-17 – Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
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
Sat-Jan-25 – St Louis, MO Off Broadway
Mon-Jan-27 – Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
Tue-Jan-28 – Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
Fri-Jan-31 – Chicago, IL The Empty Bottle
Sat-Feb-01 – Kalamazoo, MI Bell’s Eccentric Cafe
Mon-Feb-03 – Toronto, ON Velvet Underground
Wed-Feb-05 – Montreal, QC Bar Le Ritz
Thu-Feb-06 – Brattleboro, VT The Stone Church
Fri-Feb-07 – Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall

Pre-order The New Sound by Geordie Greep HERE