Luke Sital-Singh is sharing ‘Innocence’, the latest track taken from his forthcoming second album Time Is A Riddle, due for release via Raygun Records/Red Essential on May 12th. ‘Innocence’ follows previous singles ’Oh My God’, ‘Hunger’ and ‘Killing Me’, the latter of which has now clocked over 2.5 million streams. Luke will support the release of Time Is A Riddle with a full UK headline tour, including a date at London’s Union Chapel on May 23rd.
Speaking about ‘Innocence’, Luke says: “Innocence was a gift of a song. It came to me fully formed out of thin air. I even think I was watching TV and noodling on my guitar when it fell out of me, music, lyrics, everything, as if I was just playing a song that was already written. Such a very strange and beautiful way to write, I’ll never understand how that works. One of my very favourite songs on the album.”
The follow-up to his 2014 debut ‘The Fire Inside’, ‘Time Is A Riddle’ was recorded in Donegal with producer Tommy McLaughlin (Villagers). McLaughlin recruited a small group of local musicians, with Luke and the band slotting together effortlessly to record the album in ten days.
“There were big windows looking over the hills of Donegal, and it was raining the whole time, which was perfect for me,” he says. “We were playing and singing at the same time in this lovely big live room, with so much bleed, just the way records used to be made.”
The natural, authentic nature of ‘Time Is A Riddle’ reflects Luke’s love of traditional crafts and the Slow Movement. His wife Hannah Cousins is an illustrator and printmaker who designed the album’s vivid cover, a lino print, and Luke will soon embark on a series of special filmed performances in the studios, workshops, foundries and ateliers of a host of Slow Movement crafts people he’s connected with up and down the country, including a Letterpress printer in Bristol, a ceramicist in Glasgow and a knife-maker in Derby. “I like things that are well made, things that love has been put into,” he says. “It’s why I like the Slow Movement. It’s why I like vinyl.”
With his friends Tom Heron and Paul Steel, Luke is responsible for the popular comedy podcast ‘Idiot Check’. Listen to the latest episode on iTunes
Luke Sital-Singh - Headline UK Tour May 2017:
Tue 9 Tobermory, Isle Of Mull, An Tobar
Wed 10 Inverness, Eden Court
Thur 11 Ullapool, The Ceilidh Place
Fri 12 Aberdeen, The Lemon Tree
Mon 15 Edinburgh, Teviot Debating Hall
Tue 16 Glasgow, Oran Mor
Wed 17 Sheffield, Picture House
Thu 18 Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall and Canteen
Fri 19 Bristol, The Lantern
Sun 21 Nottingham, The Bodega
Mon 22 Manchester, The Deaf Institute
Tue 23 London, Union Chapel
Wed 24 Brighton, The Hope and Ruin
Fri 26 Exeter, Exeter Phoenix
Pre-order ‘Time Is A Riddle’ here
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