Geordie Greep (guitarist and vocalist in black midi) presents his debut solo album, “The New Sound”, arriving via Rough Trade. Following three astonishing albums with black midi, most recently 2023’s “Hellfire”, and almost non-stop worldwide tours for near-on 5 years, this 11-track double LP boasts a brand of high quality, all-embracing alternative pop fun not heard in a very long time.

“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”, said Geordie. Over 30 session musicians were involved, on two continents, in São Paulo and London. “Some of the tracks we had recorded already, elsewhere. Half 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”.