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Fresh Chops: My Brightest Diamond

• 4th Jun 2014

This is absolutely phenomenal so hold onto your hats – My Brightest Diamond have just dropped their new single ‘Pressure’ which you can stream below, and take our word for it, this is seriously good.

The rhythmic, sparse electronica of artists like Woodkid combines with a huge Mavis Staples-esque soul vocal and clever instrumental noodling to devastating effect – this is majorly exciting stuff.

As the singer-songwriter and multi-intrumentalist behind My Brightest Diamond, Shara Worden has earned her reputation as a composer of pop songs with a chamber-music intimacy.

“In the States, the marching band is done in school and represents something inclusive, that anyone can learn”, Worden explains. “I love the communal quality and the way drums and horns travel in large, three-dimensional spaces. I looked at changes in music over my career, and trying to re-evaluate what it meant to me in the first place: ‘what is the value of music?’ is essentially what I was thinking about.”

Forthcoming album ‘This Is My Hand’ will be released 15th September on Asthmatic Kitty, and None More than You, a companion EP coming out this summer, should really wet your whistle.

None More than You is out July 15th.