Beck has shared another new single, ‘Disappearing Act’ – you can listen to it below.
The song is the latest preview of the singer-songwriter’s 15th studio album, ‘Ride Lonesome’, which is released on September 18 via Capitol.
In the ethereal acoustic track, Beck brings the listener into a tranquil world as he bathes in the evening sun. The musician produced the cut, with longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich on mixing duties.
“Skies are looming over you/ Night is hiding love from you/ And I heard a voice/ From another room/ Thought maybe it was you/ Ride right into the storm/ Like a beast waiting to be born,” Beck sings.
“There’s a road out of here, leads to nowhere/ High as the sun/ Like a fool/ Falling back to earth/ Ride the darkness somewhere new/ Try to unlearn the things you knew/ There’s a road out of here, leads to nowhere.”
‘Disappearing Act’ is the third preview of the forthcoming ‘Ride Lonesome’, following the title track and single ‘In The Night’. The full LP was helmed by Beck, and mixed by Godrich.
‘Ride Lonesome’ is the long-awaited follow-up to 2019’s ‘Hyperspace’, and comes on the heels of this year’s collection of rarities, deep cuts and covers, ‘Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime’.
The record sees Beck make a nod to his folksy, stripped-back acoustic album ‘Morning Phase’ (2014) and his seminal 2002 LP ‘Sea Change’ – with him reuniting with the original touring and recording band he worked with on those records.
In a previous statement, he said: “My new album ‘Ride Lonesome’ is coming out this fall. The musicians from my original touring and recording band that I recorded ‘Sea Change’, ‘Morning Phase’ and ‘Mutations’ [1998] with – Smokey Hormel, Joey Waronker, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr., and Jason Falkner – reconvened with me at my favourite studio (Room B at United Studios in Hollywood).”
Beck continued: “It had been a decade since we went in the studio and recorded ‘Morning Phase’. This time it felt like the playing and the chemistry had evolved and deepened – a sound that’s come together over the decades of working together.
“While we were revisiting a musical and physical place, it also felt like we were finding new sounds and emotional textures along the way.”
Beck ‘Ride Lonesome’ album cover. CREDIT: Press
The full tracklist for Beck’s ‘Ride Lonesome’ is:
‘Ride Lonesome’
‘Run Away’
‘In The Night’
‘Failed Words’
‘Bleed’
‘Disappearing Act’
‘For Your Love’
‘Slow Canyon’
‘It Ends Right Here’
‘Falling Through My Hands’
‘If You Don’t Know What Love Is’
‘Beyond The Light’
Beck’s North American tour is scheduled to kick off on September 16 in Vancouver. Find any remaining tickets here.
In the time since his last full-length album, Beck has hinted that he was working on an orchestral record – shortly after playing two orchestral shows at London’s Royal Albert Hall – and covered Jeff Buckley’s ‘Lilac Wine’ with Arooj Aftab for the ‘Help(2)’ charity compilation for War Child.
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