Gruff Rhys has shared the second track “Silver Lining (Lead Balloons)” from his album Sadness Sets Me Free which drops via Rough Trade Records (Jockstrap) on January 6, 2024 via Rough Trade Records. Gruff on his new track: “Its about facing reality and not trying to overstate something that isn’t all that. But it’s deadpan. I’m not being totally serious. At the end I’m singing “I left my dreams in a rental car”, which is quite a pathetic image, and then its followed by the last lines, “Live for now/ and dream afar”.

The version of me that’s singing it is quite a road-worn character – literally. I’d been driving around Europe in a van, with war starting out. So maybe that mindset.” Another elegiacally beautiful track by Rhys, the track is accompanied by a shimmering visual that compliments the care-worn wonderment of the music. Expect “Silver Lining (Lead Balloons)” to be one of the stand-out new tracks that Gruff and his band perform on a series of sold-out dates through 2024 across the UK, Europe and USA.

UK/Euro Tour Dates

December 1 st  – Glasgow Barrowlands w/ The Coral
December 2 nd  – Liverpool Olympia w/ The Coral
January 26 th  – 1 st  February – UK Instore Tour
February 2 nd – Aberystwyth, Arts Centre
February 7th – London, Kings Place (Sold Out)
February 8th – London, Kings Place
February 10th – Manchester, New Century Hall (Sold Out)
February 14th – Belfast, Empire Music Hall
February 15th – Dublin, Sugar Club (Sold Out)
February 16th – Dublin, Sugar Club
February 19th – Glasgow, St Lukes
February 22nd – Bristol, Strange Brew (Sold Out)
February 23rd – Bristol, Strange Brew
February 24th – Narberth, Queens Hall.
February 28th – Berlin, Badehaus
February 29th – Hamburg, Nachtasyl
March 2nd – Koln,  Theater De Wogngemeinschaft
March 3rd – Amsterdam, Zonzij

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