The Futureheads Frontman Barry Hyde To Release Debut Solo Album In June
Friday, 26 February 2016
Written by Laura Johnson
Barry Hyde, frontman for the Futureheads, will release his debut solo album in June.
'Malody' is set to arrive on June 3 via Sirenspire Records and is available to pre-order now via Hyde's Pledge Music campaign. Discussing the record and its title, he said:
“Those of you familiar with my work with The Futureheads may be expecting an album of new wave inspired, four-part harmony, guitar music. 'Malody' couldn't be further away from that. The album is based around my first instrument, the piano, and also features violin, cello, double bass, tenor and baritone sax, pedal steel and trumpet.
"What is 'malody'? Malody is a word I have invented, derived from the words, melody and malady. A malody is a melody that expresses mental malaise, mental illness and deep sadness or its opposite, mania. I know about these things as I am bipolar. This album is a musical representation of what it feels like to experience the extreme states of mind that characterise bipolar existence. Like many bipolar people, creativity is central to my life, central even, to my illness. This album is a bipolar album, it was written in the rare and exquisite moments of intense creativity that comes in an almost complimentary way with the highs and lows. It's a deep, highly personal catharsis, a document of my experience.”
Check out the first taste of the album, Sugar, below.
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