- 2023-07-16
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MUSIC
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Blanco White Announces New Album “Tarifa”, Shares Title Track
London-based singer-songwriter Josh Edwards, aka Blanco White has announced his sophomore album “Tarifa” will be released on September 29, 2023 via Nettwerk.
It is his first album in three years since the 2020 debut album ”On the Other Side”.
The album was written predominantly in the town of the same name in southern Spain; the southernmost tip of Western Europe just 5 miles from Morocco.
It was recorded between Tarifa and Blanco White's home studio in London, almost entirely on a mobile recording rig.
The album comprises 11-track, produced by Josh Edwards,Pilo Adami and Nathan Jenkins, featuring a guest appearance from MAVICA.
Josh Edwards said, “I booked the trip [to Tarifa] because I had begun to feel more confident in my body's ability to work intensely on music again after a nerve and chronic pain condition had stopped me from playing and recording altogether. Although I still had symptoms during that time, my pain levels had improved a lot from where they had been in the previous few years, and I wanted to begin pushing myself to see how my body would react."- He continued, “I was able to work with an intensity that surprised me. I felt able to really lose myself in the process of songwriting again for the first time in years, something that is so important when you are channelling creativity and exploring your subconscious for ideas.”
From the album, he released the album title track.
"I wanted this song to capture all the joy I was feeling at being there, working on music again with freedom. It was also written as an invitation after meeting someone new, so it's meant to feel very open and hopeful. In that way it felt like a reflection on a time where I was just beginning to open myself up again after a break up, getting lost in the excitement that comes with new connection." -
He shared on social media, “The new song is named after the town Tarifa on the very southern tip of Spain where I spent 6 weeks in the winter writing for the album. I was so happy to be there working on music - I got really lost in the excitement of it all and felt very inspired and productive. It's a beautiful (and very windy!) corner of the world, one that's really special to me. The song was written as an invitation so it's meant to be very open and hopeful. I hope the joy I was feeling while I was there comes through in the music. Go give it a listen!:)”
Photo by Sequoia Ziff - source : Apple Music
