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James Vincent McMorrow – Glacier (Live Session)

• 27th Feb 2014

James Vincent McMorrow has today premiered a new live video for ‘Glacier’, taken from his acclaimed second album ‘Post Tropical’. A limited edition 10” vinyl has also been confirmed for Record Store Day, featuring ‘Cavalier’ and 2 remixes (from The 1975, and Dptat). This follows a sold-out UK and European tour – including a London show at the Barbican and three nights at Dublin’s National Concert Hall – on top of James’ early confirmation for Coachella.

The follow-up to the platinum-selling ‘Early in the Morning’, the framework of ‘Post Tropical’ was constructed over eight months. The recording itself took place on a pecan farm half a mile from the Mexican border – which the likes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beach House and Animal Collective have all called home at one point. Its broadened horizons may come as a surprise to everyone but James and the people who know him best.

“I found a zip drive recently, which dates back to before I made my first record, and I’d re-recorded every single part of the N.E.R.D album – apart from the vocals – just for the joy of it. I wanted to give this record the feel and movement of the hip-hop records that I love.”

What emerged was ‘Post Tropical’ – complete with the paradoxical, ‘wish-you-were-here postcard’ artwork (juxtaposing a palm tree with a polar pear). “It’s so exhausting trying to keep up with styles of music that pop up one week, and disappear the next,” says James. “For me, ‘Post Tropical’ evokes a style of music without you having a clue what it sounds like. It’s warm and familiar, but there’s something there that’s maybe not quite what you think it is. I just wanted to make the most beautiful thing I could imagine.”