Benjamin Clementine announces second album
I Tell A Fly released on Behind / Virgin EMI on September 15
Shares New Track ‘God Save The Jungle’
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UK + European headline shows on sale now
(inc. Brixton Academy, December 5)
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Mercury Prize winner Benjamin Clementine has announced plans for his much-anticipated second album, I Tell A Fly, which will be released through Behind / Virgin EMI on September 15. Introduced recently by ‘Phantom Of Aleppoville’, ‘I Tell A Fly’ follows debut album At Least For Now, which was awarded the Mercury in 2015. Having recently collaborated with Damon Albarn for the latest Gorillaz album, Clementine has also announced a series of UK & European headline dates for November and December, including London’s Brixton Academy on December 5th. A New York show at Carnegie Hall has already been announced for October 5.
Details of I Tell A Fly arrive alongside the latest new track to emerge from the album, ‘God Save The Jungle’. With a title which plays ironically on the British National Anthem, it is an elegant, sardonic song which alludes to the notorious Calais camp. Listen here: https://BenjaminClementine.lnk.to/GodSaveTheJungle.
Speaking about the new album, Clementine says, “I have written my second piece called I Tell A Fly. In little words- it’s a story about two wandering flies finding fleet. I am neither a politician nor prophet but an artist who creates to only entertain is no better than a con. I hope this album fulfils its purpose as the continuation from At Least For Now. Thank you for your kindness, warmth, patience and unparalleled support. Ars brevis, vita longa.”
The new release follows ‘Phantom Of Aleppoville’, which arrived with a video shot by photographer Craig McDean and filmmaker Masha Vasyukova. Clementine composed ‘Phantom Of Aleppoville’ after being affected by the writing of pioneering British psychoanalyst Donald Winicott, who wrote extensively about children who have experienced bullying in the home and at school, discovering that while the trauma was naturally not comparable in scale to that suffered by children displaced by war, its effects followed similar patterns. Seeing in Winicott’s writing a mirror of his own childhood experiences, Clementine chose the title – the “little city of Aleppo” – to symbolise a place where children encounter such bullying.
Benjamin Clementine released his debut album At Least For Now in January 2015. The album secured Clementine the UK Mercury Prize and in France the ‘Best New Act’ honours at Les Victories de la Musique, whilst in the U.S Clementine featured on the cover of the New York Times, interviewed by David Byrne. Clementine is especially beloved for his emotionally charged live performances. The Guardian, in a five star live-review, describing the artist as “a true original… his intense songs, autobiographical and elliptical as they are, could not conceivably be anyone else.”
‘I Tell A Fly’
1 Farewell Sonata
2 God Save The Jungle
3 Better Sorry Than A Safe
4 Phantom Of Aleppoville
5 Paris Cor Blimey
6 Jupiter
7 Ode From Joyce
8 One Awkward Fish
9 By The Ports Of Europe
10 Quintessence
11 Ave Dreamer
Pre-order the album: https://BenjaminClementine.lnk.to/ITellAFly
UK Dates:
30th Nov Dome Concert Hall Brighton, UK
1st Dec Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, UK
3rd Dec O2 Academy Leeds, UK
4th Dec The Ritz Manchester, UK
5th Dec Brixton Academy London, UK
6th Dec The Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UK
8th Dec Colston Hall One Bristol, UK
Full European Dates:
12th Nov The October Palace Kiev, Ukraine
13th Nov Izvestia Hall Moscow, Russia
15th Nov The Hall Compensa Vilnius, Lithuania
16th Nov MTP2 Hall Poznan, Poland
18th Nov Elbphilarmonie Hamburg, Germany
19th Nov Philharmonie Munich Munich, Germany
20th Nov Köln Philharmonic Hall Köln, Germany
21st Nov Berlin Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
22nd Nov Konzerthaus Dortmund Dortmund, Germany
25th Nov Cirque Royal Brussels, Belgium
27th Nov Philharmonie Luxembourg Luxembourg
28th Nov De Doelen Rotterdam, Netherlands
30th Nov Dome Concert Hall Brighton, UK
1st Dec Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, UK
3rd Dec O2 Academy Leeds, UK
4th Dec The Ritz Manchester, UK
5th Dec Brixton Academy London, UK
6th Dec The Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UK
8th Dec Colston Hall One Bristol, UK
18th Dec Arcimboldi Theatre Milan, Italy
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