THE BLESSED MADONNA SHARES NEW ALBUM TRACK ‘BRAND NEW’ ft. JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW & A-TRAK
by Tony Burke
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THE BLESSED MADONNA SHARES NEW ALBUM TRACK
‘BRAND NEW’ ft. JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW & A-TRAK
LISTEN HERE
LIFTED FROM HER DEBUT ALBUM ‘GODSPEED’
OUT OCTOBER 18 ON FFRR
The Blessed Madonna has released new album track, ‘Brand New’ ft. James Vincent McMorrow & A-Trak — the latest taste of her long-awaited debut album, ‘Godspeed’.
Listen to ‘Brand New’ HERE.
Following hot on the heels of club anthem and album centrepiece, ‘Edge Of Saturday Night’ with Kylie and latest LP cut, ‘Secretariat’ ft. Shaun J. Wright & KON, ‘Brand New’ sees The Blessed Madonna join forces with Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow and legendary DJ, turntablist and producer, A-Trak, for the first time.
“In a lot of ways ‘Brand New’ was the trickiest cut on the album”, explains The Blessed Madonna. “I felt like James’ voice and writing was an opportunity to strike a precarious balance between house and a certain kind of euphoric neo soul that you heard, particularly in the late eighties and early nineties. But also the gospel thread needed to be delicately stitching everything together. I was always thinking how would Weatherall have done this, or Hifi Sean or even Soul II Soul. It took about 40000 tries and at the last minute I dm’d A-Trak and said, ‘hey dude I know you’re busy but is there any chance you could do the scratches on this record?’. And the choir isn’t a choir. That’s another thing. It’s 3 voices stacked about 40 times. Credit where it’s due here to the genius patience that is Pat Alvarez for making my thousand part stack sound like 100 people. All the usual characters have their finger prints here. Hen. Jin Jin. Maria Hazell. TEED’s house stabs. We tried a million ideas and threw 999,999 of them out. And of course there’s me punching above my weight (budget): The strings are not real. They’re me playing them on a synthesizer and using a tremolo to make them sound more human. In a lot of ways I think this is my favourite song on the album and that is, after all the things that got us here, down to James. His brilliance. It is unmistakable and unmatched.”
Lifted from her 24-track debut LP, ‘Godspeed’, ‘Brand New’ was also debuted live at The Blessed Madonna’s album leak party at Smartbar in Chicago last month, where she was joined by A-Trak, Nikki Nair, Uffie, Jamie Principle, Shaun J. Wright & more.
Please see below for full ‘Godspeed’ tracklisting.
The Blessed Madonna - ‘Godspeed’
- God Has Left The Room (Intro)
- Somebody's Daughter
- Nowhere Fast
- Henny Hold Up Feat. Mother Marygold, Ric Wilson
- Jinterlude
- Serotonin Moonbeams
- Edge of Saturday Night with Kylie
- U Want 6 Grand 4 Wut (Interlude)
- Blessed Already Feat. Ric Wilson, Marbl
- Strength (R U Ready) Feat. Joy Crookes
- Why Trax Records Still Sucks in 24 (Interlude)
- We Still Believe Feat. Jamie Principle
- That's The Shhh (Pure Love) (Interlude)
- Carry Me Higher Feat. Joy Anonymous, Danielle Ponder
- Henterlude
- Back 2 Love Feat. Jin Jin
- Brand New Feat. James Vincent McMorrow, A-Trak
- Count On My Love Feat. Daniel Wilson, KON
- Godspeed Feat. DJ E-Clyps
- Secretariat Feat. Shaun J. Wright, KON
- Mercy (The Welcome) Feat. Jacob Lusk, Jyroscope
- Mercy Feat. Jacob Lusk
- Your Mom <3 (Interlude)
- Happier Feat. Clementine Douglas