Last night (April 10), Gibbons shared the new track, taken off her upcoming solo album ‘Lives Outgrown’. ‘Reaching Out’ marks the second track to be shared from the new album, due for release on May 17 via Domino Record Co.
‘Reaching Out’ is accompanied by two variations of a music video, created with the visual artist Weirdcore. The standard version of the video can be seen below, while an interactive version of the same visualiser can be seen here.
First announced in February, ‘Lives Outgrown’ will mark her first solo album to be shared from the iconic trip-hop frontwoman, and is set to contain 10 new tracks recorded over a period of 10 years.
Last summer Portishead‘s Beth Gibbons has teamed up with Afghan girl band the Miraculous Love Kids for a cover of Joy Division‘s ‘Atmosphere’ and David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes’.
Gibbons said in a press release (via Pitchfork): “I was so honoured to guest on the Miraculous Love Kids’ reconstructed cover track ‘Atmosphere/Heroes,’ and to be a voice next to these brave and beautiful girls of Afghanistan.”(NME)
Recently also the US singer-songwriter’s short cover Sharon Van Etten’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Starman’ for Netflix film – clocking in a little over one minute – features in a new Netflix documentary, Return To Space.
