The Album Leaf will release his new album FUTURE FALLING on May 5th via Nettwerk. The album is his first new original full-length since 2016’s Between Waves.
Ahead of its release comes lead single “Near”, an enchanting and devastatingly beautiful blend of electronic pop that soars with the vocals from Bat For Lashes’ Natasha Khan. This is the sort of song you can just envision soundtracking a crucial scene in a film that would quite simply break you in half.
Speaking on the track, The Album Leaf’s Jimmy LaValle adds:
“I had sent Natasha a song I was working on to see if she’d be up collaborating. We spent an afternoon in my studio while she sang a handful of ideas over the piece. I took those ideas and created something new inspired by her vocal. I really wanted to create something to support the dreamlike narrative she was painting. It was all very natural.” Natasha Khan, aka Bat For Lashes, adds, “We worked organically, I was building vocals over Jimmy’s music; playing with melodies and words… he then took it away and sculpted it into what became ‘Near.’ The imagery was of going deep into a dark forest with a small glimmer of safety, something precious and secret. Sort of an ambient fairytale. It was very spontaneous and fun to improvise.”
Find “Near” available to stream now below.
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