Michael Stipe to launch debut solo single
Eight years after R.E.M.’s breakup, frontman Michael Stipe is lastly going solo.
On Saturday, October fifth, Stipe will launch his debut solo single, “Your Capricious Soul”. The observe will initially be out there just for buy by way of Stipe’s web site for 77 cents, although there may even be the choice to obtain the track at no cost digitally.
The discharge of “Your Capricious Soul” coincides with the Worldwide Rise up local weather justice protests on October seventh, and proceeds from the track will go towards Extinction Rise up to assist assist their work of non-violent protest of presidency inaction to the local weather emergency.
In a press release, Stipe says, “I took an extended break from music, and I wished to leap again in. I really like ‘Your Capricious Soul’ – it’s my first solo work. I need to add my voice to this thrilling shift in consciousness. Extinction Rise up gave me the inducement to push the discharge and never wait. Our relationship to the setting has been a lifelong concern, and I now really feel hopeful—optimistic, even. I consider we are able to carry the form of change wanted to enhance our lovely planet earth, our standing and our place on it.”
A video by artist and filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson will accompanying the one’s launch.
Stipe beforehand debuted “Your Capricious Soul” dwell, and may watch fan-captured footage of 1 such efficiency under.
In an interview earlier this summer time, Stipe stated he had 18 songs “already prepared.” He defined, “Now I’m writing, composing and recording all on my own and for the primary time.”
In associated information, R.E.M. is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Monster with a deluxe reissue due out on November 1st.