James Bay has returned with the brand new music ‘Goodbye By no means Felt So Dangerous’.
The ‘Maintain Again The River’ hitmaker – who turned a father for the primary time to daughter Ada, whom he has together with his spouse Lucy, in October 2021 – has been testing the waters by enjoying the tune for his followers at his dwell exhibits, and it went down so nicely, he determined to drop it.
In a press release, James mentioned: “Goodbye By no means Felt So Dangerous is a music about how loopy it might really feel to say goodbye. There’s not often ever something good about it. I say goodbye to the individuals I really like continuously; it comes with the territory of my work. I’m at all times travelling. It’s a tremendous job however every little thing in life has its upsides and drawbacks.
“This summer time I began enjoying the music dwell, means earlier than I even knew it could be launched. I simply needed to share new music for the fun of it. You’ll be able to’t ask an viewers to love one thing, however each time my followers put their fingers within the air, clapped alongside and by the final refrain they had been singing the phrases. It’s been unbelievable. I’m actually excited to share the recording with the world. I wrote it with my mate, the good Phil Plested. I hope you like it!”
It is the 32-year-old singer-songwriter’s first new music since his 2022 LP ‘Leap’.
Earlier this yr, James revealed he is within the early levels of his subsequent album and is planning to showcase extra of his “guitar enjoying”.
The ‘Wild Love’ hitmaker goes again to his roots after having fun with a rawer strategy to enjoying his acoustic guitar as he did on open-mic nights when he was beginning out.
He defined: “With all my heroes, lots of my favorite work of theirs was recorded within the first or second take. It had that form of carefree [nature], ‘Let’s simply do it. Emote and transfer on to the following factor.’ I’m attempting to do this in the intervening time.”
He continued in an interview with Guitar.com: “[Recording an album] piece by piece by piece? I’ve completed that lots. I completely respect it, it actually labored for me previously. However recently, I’ve been standing in entrance of a microphone with my acoustic guitar, like I used to do on an open-mic night time. I’m simply singing the music in. No click on. Nothing. Only a efficiency. And it’s enjoyable! It’s form of liberating to not must form of stress over all of the minute particulars.”
James insisted the lyrics and the music itself are nonetheless essential to him, however he actually needs to house in on his guitar expertise.
He added: “I do see myself shifting in the direction of showcasing extra guitar enjoying in my songs. So perhaps [fans’ perceptions] will change as time goes by … nevertheless it is dependent upon what the songs dictate.
“The songs are nonetheless an important factor to me, what the melody is doing, what the lyrics are saying, the efficiency and the supply of the music. However I’ll at all times rise up on stage with a guitar in my hand, so I believe, within the studio, I’m gonna give myself just a little bit extra to do with the guitar.”
