Late Flaming Lips collaborator Nell Smith’s posthumous debut solo album, Anxious, has been introduced by her label Bella Union. Forward of its launch on April eleventh, you’ll be able to stream the title observe under.
On the time of Smith’s passing in a automobile accident final October, the 17-year-old artist was getting ready to launch Anxious. Made in Brighton with Jack and Lily Wolter of Penelope Isles, the album options some songs that had been within the works since she was 12. The LP additionally consists of three songs Smith co-wrote with Canadian folks band Shred Kelly in her hometown of Fernie, British Columbia.
Anxious follows The place the Viaduct Looms, Smith’s 2021 collaborative Nick Cave covers album with The Flaming Lips. “It’s nonetheless very painful after I notice Nell is gone,” Wayne Coyne mentioned in an announcement concerning the new challenge. “I preserve pondering I’ll verify my textual content messages from her. I’m positive she has a brand new drawing or new piece of a music or a brand new picture of her cat… after which I keep in mind she is gone.”
Coyne continued, “Now after I’m listening to her singing these songs there’s a temporary fantastical pleasure. Her voice hits the ear, the ear tells mind that is the sound of affection, the mind lets the thoughts fly by way of the billions of connections it has with Nell’s life… however because it flies it additionally flies to her demise… there’s something holy that occurs now.”
Certainly, “Anxious” is an upbeat slice of psych-pop by which Smith expresses her love of music as a method to deal with nervousness. “I’m okay as we speak/ I believe I’ve made a flip,” she sings at one level. Watch the music video under.
All earnings from Anxious will go on to the Nell Smith Memorial Fund, which honors her legacy by supporting and nurturing the inventive progress of rising musicians. Learn extra concerning the fund right here and donate at GoFundMe.
Anxious Paintings:
Anxious Tracklist:
01. Anxious
02. Daisy Fields
03. Bubba
04. The Worst Finest Drug
05. Service Tune
06. Boy in a Bubble
07. Splash
08. I Know Nothing
09. Billions of Individuals
10. Cut up within the Sky