Alt-R&B artist serpentwithfeet is launching the brand new 12 months with a brand new undertaking. The singer has introduced GRIP SEQUEL, a deluxe version of his 2024 album GRIP, will launch Feb. 28 by way of Secretly Canadian.
GRIP SEQUEL will characteristic 9 further tracks, together with six new compositions and three various variations of songs from GRIP. Among the many added tracks are the lead single “Writhing within the Wind,” out as we speak (Jan. 9), and a remix of the Ogi-assisted “Spades” that includes Destin Conrad.
Talking on GRIP SEQUEL, the Baltimore native notes, “I had extra so say. I had extra questions on intimacy and this was a enjoyable approach to discover.”
On the self-penned and produced “Writhing within the Wind,” serpentwithfeet pleads for his associate to forgive him after inflicting ache. “I’m not who I used to be then / A mangled coronary heart writhing within the wind / Can I kiss you / I wanna make amends,” he sings over a mellow, Baltimore Membership-tinged beat.
Serpentwithfeet describes “Writhing within the Wind” as “the sound of a lover begging. He is aware of he tousled however desperately desires a second likelihood.”
As indicated above, serpentwithfeet launched GRIP in February 2024. The ten-track album included the singles “Rattling Gloves” that includes Ty Dolla $ign and Yanga YaYa and “Secure Phrase.”
“GRIP celebrates and fosters the spirit and magic of Black queer nightlife whereas additionally honoring the communities which are nurtured throughout the partitions of those intimate areas and the monumental influence that they’ve on the lives of many individuals on the margins,” defined serpentwithfeet.
GRIP marked the follow-up to his 2021 album, DEACON, which was later reissued with a five-track EP titled DEACON’s GROVE. The latter undertaking featured Ambré and Alex Isley on the “Fellowship (Remix).”
Following DEACON’s GROVE, serpentwithfeet his Coronary heart of Brick tour, a theatrical manufacturing that celebrated Black queer nightlife, the place he carried out music from the then forthcoming GRIP through the present.
Final 12 months, serpent joined rapper-turned-flutist André 3000 as a supporting act on his New Blue Solar Reside Tour.
Stream serpentwithfeet’s new music “Writhing within the Wind” and see the official tracklist for his GRIP SEQUEL beneath.
serpentwithfeet’s GRIP SEQUEL Tracklist
Disc One
1. Beg Quietly
2. Pillow Discuss
3. Chapter & Vers
4. Seagull feat. Ben Reilly
5. Writhing within the Wind
6. Wanderer
7. Fortunate Me (Strings) feat. Yuli
8. Spades (Remix) feat. Ogi & Destin Conrad
9. Rattling Gloves (Baile Funk Remix) feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Azzy
Disc Two
1. Rattling Gloves feat. Ty Dolla $ign and Yanga Yaya
2. Secure Phrase
3. Spades
4. Deep Finish
5. Rum / Throwback
6. Black Air Power feat. Mick Jenkins
7. Hummin’
8. Ellipsis feat. Orion Solar
9. Fortunate Me
10. 1 to 10
Presave serpentwithfeet’s GRIP SEQUEL.