Mobo Award nominated alternative artist Kid Bookie shares details of his much-anticipated new studio album, “Songs for the Living // Songs for the Dead”, which is set for release on September 13th, 2024, via Marshall Records. Along with the announcement comes his gargantuan new track, “Scars”. Watch the video below.
Consisting of eleven enveloping tracks, “Songs for the Living // Songs for the Dead” was created with an array of collaborators, including Good Charlotte’s Billy Martin, Skindred’s Mikey Demus, producers Tom Mitchener (Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes), Romesh Dodangoda (Bring Me The Horizon, Nova Twins), George Perks (Enter Shikari, Skindred), and long-time friend and co-writer Ziey Kizzy. Each collaborator brought something unique to the album, resulting in a curation that represents a bold step in Bookie’s evolution and artistry, seamlessly fusing multiple genres into something unique and authentically Kid Bookie.
Despite pressures to conform to stereotypes, Bookie embraces his love for genres like rock, metal, and rap, challenging conventional expectations of Black culture in the UK. Through his music, he candidly reflects on his experiences seeking acceptance and navigating the complexities of growing up in London. Amidst these struggles, his resilience shines through, remaining steadfast in his commitment to authenticity, self-expression, and a testament to music’s transformative force and individuality’s triumph.
“Songs for the Living // Songs for the Dead” sets him apart as a trailblazing artist whose music resonates on both a personal and a cultural level. These vulnerable and exciting works not only delve into personal heartbreak, self-loathing, and obsessions with death but also resilience, triumph, and defiance. He invites us to take part in an auditory hero’s journey and trial by fire with open arms.
“A lot of this album is about feeling inadequate”, admits Bookie. “There are different facets and layers of that inadequacy, and it covers most of my inadequate parts, whether that’s my art or feeling inadequate in terms of love”.
Speaking on his latest single “Scars”, the London-born artist adds: “It’s about not being able to leave when you know you should. You’re in a mental torture prison, and you haven’t got the strength to leave. You know you should leave, but you’re scared, you’re hurt, and this is what the scars can make you do – people put you in mental prisons, and sometimes the only thing you have left to remember is the scars they leave”.
Pre-order & pre-save “Songs for the Living // Songs for the Dead” here.
Tracklist:
1. AI (Save Yourself)
2. Purgatory
3. Nothing to Believe In
4. Interlude 1
5. Scars
6. Self Control
7. Down My Friend
8. Love Drunk
9. Love Me When You’re Angry
10. You Only See
Kid Bookie has also been shortlisted for The Heavy Music Awards’ Best Breakthrough Live Artist in 2024. Be sure to catch him supporting I Prevail across the EU this summer and appearances at this year’s 2000trees and Takedown Festival.
European Tour Dates 2024:
May 10th @ Velodrom (Berlin. DE)
May 11th @ Mitsubishi Electric HALLE (Dusseldorf, DE)
May 13th @ Zenith (Munich, DE)
May 14th @ Alcatraz (Milan, IT)
May 16th @ Gasometer (Wien, AT)
May 18th @ Sporthalle Hamburg (Hamburg, DE)
May 19th @ AFAS Live (Amsterdam, NL)
May 21st @ L’Olympia (Paris, FR)
May 22nd @ Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BE)
May 23rd @ Ancienne Belgique (Brussels, BE)
Weblinks:
kidbookie.com
www.facebook.com/KidBookie
