John Cale has introduced particulars of his first new album in a decade, Mercy – take heed to his new observe “Story Of Blood”, a collaboration with Weyes Blood, beneath.
The founding Velvet Underground member will launch the brand new album on January 20, 2023 through Domino.
The collaboration-heavy album additionally options turns from Animal Collective, Fats White Household, Sylvan Esso, Laurel Halo, Tei Shi, Actress and extra.
Discussing his love of Weyes Blood, Cale mentioned in an announcement: “I’d been listening to Weyes Blood’s newest file and remembered Natalie’s puritanical vocals. I assumed if I may get her to come back and sing with me on the ‘Swing your soul’ part, and some different harmonies, it could be stunning.
“What I acquired from her was one thing else! As soon as I understood the flexibility in her voice, it was as if I’d written the tune along with her in thoughts all alongside. Her vary and fearless strategy to tonality was an surprising shock. There’s even somewhat passage in there the place she’s a dead-ringer for Nico.”
Watch the video for “Story Of Blood” above and see the tracklist for Mercy beneath.
1. “MERCY” (feat. Laurel Halo)
2. “MARILYN MONROE’S LEG (magnificence elsewhere)” (feat. Actress)
3. “NOISE OF YOU”
4. “STORY OF BLOOD” (feat. Weyes Blood)
5. “TIME STANDS STILL” (feat. Sylvan Esso)
6. “MOONSTRUCK (Nico’s Track)”
7. “EVERLASTING DAYS” (feat. Animal Collective)
8. “NIGHT CRAWLING”
9. “NOT THE END OF THE WORLD”
10. “THE LEGAL STATUS OF ICE” (feat. Fats White Household)
11. “I KNOW YOU’RE HAPPY” (feat. Tei Shi)
12. “OUT YOUR WINDOW”
The primary preview of Mercy was launched again in August within the type of the only “Night time Crawling”, which got here with an animated video that noticed Cale hitting the streets of New York within the Seventies with David Bowie.
The songs are his first new music since his 2020 single “Lazy Day” and his collaboration with Kelly Lee Owens on “Nook Of My Sky”.
This week Cale is about to move out on a UK tour, which can see him calling at Edinburgh, York, Cardiff, Whitley Bay, Birmingham, Bexhill On Sea, London, Cambridge and Liverpool.
Cale’s present on the Llais Pageant in Cardiff will see him see him rejoice his eightieth birthday with a bunch of particular visitors. Tickets for the tour are on sale now and will be bought right hereright here. See the dates beneath.
OCTOBER
23 – The Queen’s Corridor, Edinburgh
24 – Barbican, York
28 – Llais Pageant, Cardiff
31 – Playhouse Whitley Bay, Whitley Bay
NOVEMBER
3 – Birmingham City Corridor, Birmingham
7 – De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea
9 – The London Palladium, London
10 – Cambridge Corn Alternate, Cambridge
11 – Liverpool Philharmonic Corridor, Liverpool
