Marc Almond pronounces new album of covers and UK Tour…

Marc Almond has revealed that his new album, I’m Not Anybody, will probably be a fastidiously curated album of covers.

Whether or not together with his wealthy solo catalogue or throughout his time with the long-lasting Gentle Cell, the singer has at all times possessed a present for introducing songs – some lesser identified, others a bit of forgotten by time – to new audiences.

Marc says: “An awesome music can by no means die and will at all times discover a new life and viewers… I can’t merely simply sing any music; I’ve to really feel that if I might I might 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 numerous  completely different genres, from psychedelic and prog rock to folks, 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 folks basic 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 music by the likes of Aretha Franklin, The 4 Tops, Cher and Dolly Parton.

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The title observe, Paul Anka’s I’m Not Anybody, is the centrepiece of the album, a passionate and emotional ballad about defiance and satisfaction with Marc’s trademark emotive drama.

I’m Not Anybody tracklisting:

1. I’m The Mild (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 Coated

Marc says: “I at all times strategy curating an album of covers with lots of pleasure because it means a yr 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 choice of songs that specific the place I’m in my life right now and the way I really feel in regards to the world and my place in it. These aren’t significantly storytelling songs (although for me, lyrics at all times come first) however greater than ever this time I’ve gone for the way a music makes me really feel and the emotional resonance it holds – reflective songs for an older artist, maybe.

New Mild

“I don’t change a music 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 music 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 could re-evaluate it.

“I might undergo the album music by music however that takes away the enjoyment of how chances are you’ll hear it, and to me what’s essential is the general really feel. Typically why I select a music over one other shouldn’t be at all times even clear to me, it’s only a feeling and one thing of the second. A alternative needs to be settled on and the self-discipline of observe limitation means generally I simply should go along 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 stay with it.”

Numerous Profession

2024 marks the anniversary of Marc Almond’s forty fifth yr in music and a profession of breathtaking variety that’s taken in chart topping pop, cutting-edge electronica, torch songs, orchestral ballads, French chansons, historic song-cycles, jazz, flamenco, Russian folks and rather more.

He’ll comply with 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 will probably be adopted by chosen European dates.

He can even tour as particular visitor of Jools Holland from the tip of October by way 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 stay till remaining tickets go on normal sale at 9am on Tuesday, March 26. Click on right here

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