Beck invitations listeners to have fun the eve of his birthday with the present of a bodily launch of two acclaimed performances beforehand obtainable solely as digital singles. Obtainable for pre-order now at Beck.com and the Capitol Information On-line Retailer, and within the singles bin at your favourite indie store tomorrow, July 7, “Considering About You/Previous Man” (Capitol) can be issued as a restricted version golden-brown vinyl 7” single in an image sleeve sporting the paintings for every track.
Initially launched in February of this yr, “Considering About You” was the primary new unique Beck track to be launched since his Grammy-winning Hyperspace album. A chic ballad within the custom of classics Morning Section and Sea Change—and by the way recorded in the exact same room because the latter—“Considering About You” options Beck’s wistful vocal and acoustic guitar tones accompanied by Blake Mills (guitar, mandolin), Justin Meldal Johnsen (bass), and Roger Manning (keyboards).
“Considering About You” has been lauded by Consequence as “heart-wrenching” and SPIN as “fantastically unhappy,” whereas American Songwriter raved, “The track is stripped naked to disclose Beck’s roots because the mellow, moody songsmith that made listeners fall in love with him within the Nineties.”
Beck’s cowl of Neil Younger’s “Previous Man” was initially launched as a digital single in September 2022. Described by Paste as “a devoted cowl of an untouchable observe… spectacular” and accompanied by a transferring efficiency video rendered in stark black and white, Beck’s model of “Previous Man” went on to be nominated for Greatest Rock Efficiency on the sixty fifth Annual Grammy Awards.
Final month, forward of their upcoming co-headlining tour, Beck and Phoenix linked up on a brand new single, “Odyssey,” that includes vocals from Beck and Phoenix’s Thomas Mars.
“Someplace / We’ll fall into the ocean / I’ll be there / On an odyssey within the solar,” Beck and Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars sing on the intense observe’s refrain. It’s excellent for summer season and stays true to each acts’ types. The track is written, produced, and carried out by Beck and Phoenix, with mixing by Serban Ghenea.
Pre-order “Considering About You/Previous Man.”