Matthew E. White To Release 'Fresh Blood,' His First Album In Three Years And U.S. Debut For Domino On March 10

On March 10, Richmond, Virginia-based singer, songwriter, bandleader, and musical polymath, Matthew E. White will release Fresh Blood, his first full-length album for Domino and the follow-up to his debut Big Inner. Produced by White and Spacebomb partner Trey Pollard, and mixed by Pat Dillett (David Byrne, Nile Rodgers), Fresh Blood marks the next chapter of White's Richmond, VA-based Spacebomb -- an analog studio, record label and production house with in-house strings, horns and a choir at his behest. Fresh Blood is a bracing, beguiling record and a bold advance for White - a record that feels like the brilliant bloom to Big Inner's striking bud. On March 3, White will play a special album release show at Brooklyn's BRIC Arts Center titled Southern Lights Tonight, where he'll premiere Fresh Blood with the Spacebomb house band comprised of a 30-piece orchestra featuring all of the aforementioned instruments and more. Watch the new trailer, which was filmed in super 8 and features a clip of the song "Tranquility," here.

To backtrack, briefly: In 2009, White and his friends established Spacebomb to turn the tunes of songwriters they liked into grandiose, graceful statements. To demonstrate the Spacebomb ideal, White and his wide cast of musicians - possessing a vast knowledge that could pivot from the gusto of New Orleans to the verve of Detroit, from tube-amp rock to hi-fi pop - recorded a few songs he'd pieced together and called it Big Inner, hoping to show other songwriters how the system would work. In the 18 months that followed the release, White toured America and Europe extensively, sharing the stage with St. Vincent, The National, The Mountain Goats, She & Him, among many others, and signed with Domino to release Big Inner worldwide. White played major festivals, including Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Primavera, and more, and Big Inner earned five stars in The Guardian and a spot on its year-end list, plus those of Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, and others. Uncut called it "one of the great albums of modern Americana," and Paste deemed White's ensemble as the #1 "Best New Band" of 2012.

If the first album had been serendipity, every step of Fresh Blood was to be deliberate, from his co-writing sessions with longtime friend and former bandmate Andy Jenkins to his steady arrangement brainstorms with the trusted Spacebomb house band--bassist Cameron Ralston, drummer Pinson Chanselle and Trey Pollard. Simultaneously recognizing the trouble and delight that life can bring, these 10 original new songs of Fresh Blood are guides for times of joy, agony and the middle distance where we most often linger.

Fresh Blood will be available on CD, Vinyl, and via digital download. There is also a special edition of the album, which is a double LP gatefold heavyweight vinyl containing a bonus LP titled Fresh Blood: No Skin - a complete new full length minimalist mix of the full album, minus strings/horns or choir. You can pre-order Fresh Blood via iTunes and DomMart.

'Fresh Blood' tracklist:
1.    Take Care My Baby
2.    Rock & Roll Is Cold
3.    Fruit Trees
4.    Holy Moly
5.    Circle 'Round The Sun
6.    Feeling Good Is Good Enough
7.    Tranquility
8.    Golden Robes
9.    Vision
10.    Love Is Deep

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