Irish singer-songwriter Perry Blake has announced his new album ‘Death of a Society Girl’. Marking 20 years as a recording artist, it will be released on June 21 via Moochin’ About Records. Known for his delicate, downtempo, beautifully melancholic production and exceptionally soothing timbre, this is Blake’s first album in three years, following the critically acclaimed “Songs of Praise” (5 Star MOJO).
Leading up to the release of this beautiful, dark cinematic classic, it features the epic title track ‘Death of a Society Girl’, featuring world-renowned British actor Paul McGann (Dr. Who, Withnail and I). Named single of the week by Music Week, it was released along with two remixes of the song by British artists KosmetiQ and Inertia.
Co-written and co-produced with long-time collaborator Graham Murphy (Clannad, Sharon Shannon, Marie Brennan), the new album features nine compositions with Blake’s signature surreal lyrics and original artwork by Syrian-born artist Helen Abbas. Very much of the here and now, this album also offers traces of Perry’s heady previous work, not unlike her self-titled debut album on the French Top 40, finding Perry at the peak of her powers.
Born in the Irish county of Sligo, Perry Blake has been considered one of music’s great untapped resources. Having released his debut album “Perry Blake” on Polydor UK in 1998, including three singles chosen as “Singles of the Week” on Jo Wiley BBC Radio 1, Blake moved to France. There, he achieved cult status across Europe ever since, releasing a series of critically acclaimed studio albums, a live album recorded at the Cirque Royal in Brussels with a full orchestra, as well as the soundtracks for ‘Presque Rien ‘ (2004) for French art. -the acclaimed film of the same name by director Sebastien Lifshitz) and ‘Trois Petites Filles’ (2004).
As well as writing two songs for Françoise Hardy’s platinum album ‘Tant de belles choses’, he has appeared regularly on French television and toured Europe with Carla Bruni as well as the French National Jazz Orchestra.
Perry Blake’s melancholic and melodic soundscapes have appeared in many European television series and film works. Between 2006 and 2011, they include ‘Tiger Lily’ and ‘Clara Sheller’ (the French version of ‘Sex in the City’), as well as the successful Italian film ‘L’uomo cheama’, starring Monica Belluci.
Over the years, his musical endeavors have led him to collaborate with numerous musical luminaries, including Steve Jansen (Japan, Rain Tree Crow), Toby Pitman (Paul McCartney, George Michael, David Arnold, Clint Mansell, Shirley Bassey) , Glenn Garrett (Dead Can Dance, Brendan Perry), Neil Conti (David Bowie, Prefab Sprout), Rik Carter (The Mission, All About Eve), Marco Sabiu (Ennio Morricone, Tanita Tikaram, Luciano Pavarotti), Dickon Hinchliffe (Tindersticks ) and the world -Renowned French electronic artist Émilie Simon.
Perry Blake has published the children’s book ‘Gatos em Lissadell’ in Portugal, as part of a collection by 12 authors, including former US president Jimmy Carter, actors Will Smith and Julie Andrews. Blake also has an independent collaborative music project with Glenn Garrett and Graham Murphy, called Electro Sensitive Behavior.
The title track ‘Death of a Society Girl’ ft. It is now available. Starting June 21, ‘Death of a Society Girl’ will be released on CD and will be available everywhere digitally, including Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp, where it is now available for pre-order.
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