Black Marble is currently readying his Fast Idol LP for release on October 22nd via Sacred Bones. Today’s announcement also comes with a video for the record’s first single, “Somewhere.” Discussing the track, Chris Stewart explains:
“‘Somewhere’ describes a place just out of reach that serves as a diversion and takes focus away from the ambiguities of daily life. It represents a place of disinhibition where if it could only be remembered, or found, the people we aim to be could for a moment be fully realized. Although its dreamlike clarity and feeling of connection may seem like an empty promise, it serves as an aspirational reminder for what might be.”
The video for the track finds Stewart returning to work with director Théo Sixou. Echoing the song’s longing for transcendence through creative expression, Sixou follows a young boy’s chance meeting with a group of dancers aboard the Paris Metro. Offering the boy a glimpse into the powers of his own expression, he follows the dancers out into the streets, joining them tentatively at first before being joyfully welcomed into their creative fold. Regarding the video, Chris Stewart says:
“I was so happy to work with director Theo Six for our third video together. Brought to life in the shadows of the towers of the Parisian suburbs, I love that Theo always seems to return to the themes of searching and wishing in his work. I think that the idea of an artist, or anyone really, as a fully formed entity interacting with the world is rather strange. Although there can be pressure to come across this way, I think it’s more interesting and realistic to admit to the idea that most of us struggle to live up to some idealized projection of who we want to be. In this way, I’ve always appreciated how Theo imbues these little worlds he creates with feelings of desire for this sort of transcendence, and I always trust that I’ll relate to the way he sees things.”
After the video embed below, you can check out dates for the upcoming Black Marble tour of the UK and US beginning this October.
Black Marble Tour Dates
10/23 – Bournemouth, ENG – Anvil
10/24 – Cardiff, WAL – Club Ifor Bach
10/25 – Milton Keynes, ENG – Craufurd Arms
10/26 – Hull, ENG – The Adelphi
10/27 – Edinburgh, SCT – Mash House
10/28- Glasgow, SCT – Stereo
10/29- Dundee, SCT – Hunter S Thompson
10/31 – Newcastle, ENG – Anarchy Brewing Company
11/01 – Chester, ENG – Live Rooms
11/02 – Oxford, ENG – O2 Academy
11/03 – St. Albans, ENG – The Horn
11/05 – Bath, ENG – Moles
11/06 – London, ENG – Moth Club
11/07 – Hebden Bridge, ENG – Trades Club
11/08 – Blackpool , ENG – Bootleg Social
11/09 – Liverpool, ENG – EBGB’s
11/06 – London, UK – Moth Club
11/12 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Tickets
11/14 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Tickets
11/13 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts – Tickets
11/16 – Denver, CO – HQ. – Tickets
11/18 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall – Tickets
11/19 – Los Angeles, CA – The Regent Theater – Tickets
