A few weeks after first announcing details of his new album, John Grant is back with another cut from the album.
Last month, John announced plans to release his sixth album, 'The Art of the Lie', and also performed its lead single 'It's a Bitch'. He has released two new songs with the evocative title “The Child Catcher''. . “I think a lot of people remember the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,” says John, giving a nod to the iconic character. “I was scared when I was a kid. Of course he's a metaphor. Anyway, this is 'The Child Catcher' from my next record, 'The Art of The Lie', and it's Dead Can Dance and Vangelis, It's also a love letter to probably my two favorite people. ”
His new 11-song album is set to be released on June 14th by Bella Union and features Ivor Guest (Grace Jones, Bridget), whom he first met at Grace Jones' show during last year's Meltdown Festival. Fontaine). “This album is partly about the lies that people believe and the hurt they cause, and how we are distorted and distorted by those lies,” he says of the album.
Listen to “The Child Catcher” below and remember both “The Art Of The Life” tracklist and John Grant’s upcoming live show below the player.
“The Art of the Lie” track list:
1. All That School for Nothing
2.Marbles
3. Father
4. Mother and Son
5. Twistin' Scripture
6. Quiet AF
7. It's a Bitch
8. Daddy
9. Child Catcher
10. Laura Lu
11. Zeitgeist
John Grant's upcoming live shows are as follows.
October 2024
17 London – Hackney Church *(SOLD OUT!)*
18 London – Hackney Church
19 Sunderland – Fire Department
21 Glasgow – Barrowland Ballroom
22 Dublin – Vicar Street
24 Cardiff – Scrapyard
25 Bristol – Bristol Beacon
26 Bexhill – De La Warr Pavilion
28 Birmingham – Birmingham Town Hall
29 Norwich – Epic Studios
31 Manchester – New Century Hall
November 2024
01 Leeds – Project House
02 Liverpool – Liverpool Philharmonic
05 Amsterdam – Melkweg MAX
06 Cologne – Church of Culture
07 Berlin – Columbia Theater
09 Aarhus – Train
10 Copenhagen – Vega
11 Stockholm – Naren
13 Oslo – Rockefeller Music Hall