Lo-fi pop experimentalist Willis Earl Beal followed up 2013's XL-issued Nobody Knows with a couple of freeleases and a self-released album called Experiments in Time. Now, the Chicago tunesmith has announced plans for his next release.
Titled Noctunes, Beal's latest full-length will arrive on August 28 via Tender Loving Empire.
In a statement, Beal describes the inspiration behind the minimalist sound on the new record. "People had all these ideas about what I was supposed to be," he said. "I had only ever wanted to make lullabies. ... I wanted to create this persona that could say everything perfectly with very little. The record, to me, is a perfect record. I listen to that thing a lot, and it helps me."
You can hear a sample of the new sleepy-time single "Flying So Low" in the player below. Despite the dreamlike instrumentation, his soulful, layered vocals are probably a bit too mesmerizing to actually lull you to sleep. Scroll past the Noctunes tracklisting to give it a listen now.
Noctunes:
1. Under You
2. Flying So Low
3. Like a Box
4. Lust
5. No Solution
6. Stay
7. Say the Words
8. Love Is All Around
9. Able to Wait
10. Survive
11. Start Over
12. 12 Midnight
Titled Noctunes, Beal's latest full-length will arrive on August 28 via Tender Loving Empire.
In a statement, Beal describes the inspiration behind the minimalist sound on the new record. "People had all these ideas about what I was supposed to be," he said. "I had only ever wanted to make lullabies. ... I wanted to create this persona that could say everything perfectly with very little. The record, to me, is a perfect record. I listen to that thing a lot, and it helps me."
You can hear a sample of the new sleepy-time single "Flying So Low" in the player below. Despite the dreamlike instrumentation, his soulful, layered vocals are probably a bit too mesmerizing to actually lull you to sleep. Scroll past the Noctunes tracklisting to give it a listen now.
Noctunes:
1. Under You
2. Flying So Low
3. Like a Box
4. Lust
5. No Solution
6. Stay
7. Say the Words
8. Love Is All Around
9. Able to Wait
10. Survive
11. Start Over
12. 12 Midnight
