Photo by Amelia Troubridge
British-born, Vienna-based artist SOHN is about to return with the anticipated follow-up to his 2014 debut Tremors in early 2017. The follow-up goes by the name Rennen (German for ‘running’) and arrives on January 13 via 4AD. In a press statement the singer explains why he picked that title in the first place:
‘I was running nonstop that whole time. It was this incredible blur of seeing the whole world all in one go. I was going from experience to experience to experience always saying yes, and that’s just an incredible thing to put yourself through as a human.’
He previously already shared the song Signal this summer, now a second one called Conrad arrives in form of a lyric video which you can enjoy below. It also shows a new self-conception of the artist as he wants a more direct sounding LP and less reverb-filled elements this time. He explains:
‘I think I’ve had a tendency in the past to overthink the sounds and the layers out of some kind of fear, whereas this time I forced myself to only add those three main elements in each track and make sure the song itself was good enough.’
Read our 2014 interview with the artist and check out the new SOHN tourdates below the clip as well.
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