BAIO RELEASES NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR “PHILOSOPHY!”
Listen To The Latest Album Track "Dangeroue Anamal" from Upcoming Sophmore Album 'Man Of The World'
21 JUNE 2017 (Toronto, ON) – Baio has revealed the music video for “PHILOSOPHY!”, the irresistible debut single from his forthcoming sophomore solo album, ‘Man of the World’ set to release June 30 via Glassnote Records/Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Shot in New York City, the video was directed and produced by frequent collaborator, Dan Navetta. Combining playfulness and sophistication, the video features Baio’s signature dance moves and white suit, musical skeletons, spinning globes and close up frames inducing feelings of optimism in a frenetic and uncertain world. Watch the video for“PHILOSOPHY!” video here:
This past Friday Baio also released a second track from the album titled, "DANGEROUE ANAMAL". Listen to the pulsating track here.
Recorded in Brixton, London over the course of the last year ‘Man of the World’ was mixed by Bruce Lampcov (Bryan Ferry, The The) and co-produced by Chris Baio and John Foyle. Upon announce just last month, long time Baio supporters such as Pitchfork, NME, DIY, Stereogum, Baeble excitedly covered the album news along with the release of the first single, PHILOSOPHY! which was deemed “"instant indie classic" by Wonderland Magazine and “a quirky indie funk treat that will get your hips moving and your shoulders shimmy-ing” by Acid Stag. “
PHILOSOPHY!” is a deceptively buoyant breakup song chronicling a terminal failure of communication. It is a reflection of an album whose themes of alienation, paranoia, and political will to power are belied by airy melodies and a crystalline pop sheen.
About Baio
“Writing Man of the World was my way of processing 2016, a year that began with the death of my favorite artist, David Bowie, and ended with the greatest political disruption of my adult life – all while I was a nomad, an American living in London, touring two continents, never fully of either place. It's partially about being trapped in my own head, obsessing about things it was too late to change, feeling afraid and guilty and alone. It’s also my attempt to document a certain sense of loss that felt both intensely personal and like part of a larger collective experience many were going through at once.”
Baio’s 2015 full-length solo debut, Glassnote Records’ 'The Names', amassed critical praise from the likes of Pitchfork, SPIN, Stereogum, The New York Times, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Paste and more. The album’s single, ‘Sister of Pearl,‘ debuted on NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, was a hit on Alt Nation and Sirius XMU, and has gone on to be streamed nearly 10 million times on Spotify. Chris Baio is also the bass player of the Grammy-winning band Vampire Weekend.
Chris Baio is also the bass player of the Grammy-winning band Vampire Weekend.
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Man of the World:
Preorder | Artist Statement | Press Photo | Album Cover
Track-listing
Vin Mariani
The Key is Under The Mat
Out of Tune
PHILOSOPHY!
Exquisite Interlude
DANGEROUE ANAMAL
Man of the World
Sensitive Guy
I’m Not Curious
Shame in My Name
Be Mine
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