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TOM ODELL SHARES NEW ALBUM BLACK FRIDAY OUT NOW

OUT NOW VIA UROK/UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

 

ALSO ANNOUNCES BLACK FRIDAY (DELUXE)
DELUXE EDITION INCLUDING FOUR EXTRA TRACKS
AVAILABLE AS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

 

 

ALSO ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE FREE LIVE SHOW TO CELEBRATE ALBUM WITH FANS
AT EARTH, LONDON, ON 30 JANUARY

 

THREE BIGGEST LIVE SHOWS OF HIS CAREER TO DATE ON SALE NOW FOLLOWING SPRING UK & EU TOUR

 

26 JANUARY 2024 (TORONTO, ON) — Today, multi-platinum-selling singer/songwriter/producer Tom Odell has shared his highly anticipated new album Black Friday, out now via UROK/Universal Music Canada. Listen HERE.

 

Black Friday brings his exquisitely candid lyricism to a lived-in meditation of the infinite complexity of love and relationships. It features previously released singles including the ever-growing hit title track "Black Friday" that has already accumulated over 80 million streams and counting, and continues to see phenomenal success on TikTok with fan content generating over 1 billion interactions on the platform. Alongside the album’s previously released title track, it also features the subtly intense "The End", "Somebody Else", "Answer Phone" and more.

 

Tom has also announced Black Friday (Deluxe), a brand new edition of the album which will feature four extra tracks, including Tom’s stunning version of the title track recorded for Mahogany Session, a beautiful demo version of "The End Of The Summer" and more. Black Friday (Deluxe) will be available via digital download only HERE until 11:59PM on Thursday, February 1.

 

To celebrate the release of Black Friday with fans, Tom has also announced an exclusive free live show at Earth, Hackney, on Tuesday, January 30. For more information and to sign up to be in with a chance of attending, see HERE.

 

Acclaimed for his fervent live performances, Tom has performed "Black Friday" live recently; watch the stunning performance of "Black Friday" for Mahogany Session HERE, on The Graham Norton Show HERE, and on Late Night With Seth Meyers HERE.

 

In a departure from the piano-driven minimalism of Best Day Of My Life (his 2022 UK Top 10 and Ivor Novello nominated LP), Black Friday presents a selection of songs written and extemporaneously performed on a nearly-100-year-old guitar in Tom’s East London studio where the act of creating such an immersive body of work involved balancing his bracing honesty with a certain element of poetic freedom.

 

The stunning eloquence and potent emotionality of his songwriting shine. Discussing his songwriting approach, Tom says, “Over the last few years, I’ve focused on removing a lot of the filters from the creative process and making it a mantra to be as real as possible in my lyrics. It feels so much more inspiring and stimulating to say something that might make me slightly uncomfortable, to the point where there’s a degree of almost voyeuristic transparency in what I’m revealing.”

 

He continues, “I wanted to open myself up and bring a real degree of vulnerability to these songs, but by no means was there an attempt to create a sort of musical diary entry. The idea of making something purely autobiographical seems quite boring to me; I need there to be much more creativity and imagination involved. At the same time, I ended up exploring how I felt about things that I’d never really thought about before, and discovering things about myself that I might not have learned otherwise. It was a very exhausting and intense process, but ultimately I feel like that’s the best place for me to be as an artist. Instead of putting out the same ideas, I want to always take risks and try to say something new.”

 

The biggest UK & Europe tour of Tom’s career kicks off in March. Incredible demand upon the dates being announced resulted in venue upgrades and shows added wherever his schedule would allow, with many dates selling out months in advance. Tom also recently announced the biggest headline show of his career to date, taking place at Alexandra Palace Park this summer. Tickets are on sale now. For a full list of tour dates and itinerary, visit tomodell.com.

 

BRIT and Ivor Novello Award winner Tom Odell has released five studio albums that have earned him over 28 million monthly listeners on Spotify, 4 billion career streams, and a social-media reach of 8 million across all platforms. In 2022 his previously released track, "Another Love" racked up over two billion streams and landed in the Top 40 most streamed songs of all time on Spotify.

 

Black Friday tracklisting

  1. Answer Phone
  2. Black Friday
  3. Loving You Will Be The Death Of Me
  4. The Orchestra Tunes Up
  5. Spinning
  6. The End Of The Summer
  7. The Orchestra Takes Flight
  8. Somebody Else
  9. Parties
  10. The Orchestra Is Feeling Tense
  11. Nothing Hurts Like Love
  12. Getaway (voice note)
  13. The End

 

Black Friday (Deluxe) tracklisting

  1. Answer Phone
  2. Black Friday
  3. Loving You Will Be The Death Of Me
  4. The Orchestra Tunes Up
  5. Spinning
  6. The End Of The Summer
  7. The Orchestra Takes Flight
  8. Somebody Else
  9. Parties
  10. The Orchestra Is Feeling Tense
  11. Nothing Hurts Like Love
  12. Getaway (voice note)
  13. The End
  14. Fly Away
  15. Hospital Cafe
  16. The End (Mahogany Session)
  17. The End Of The Summer (Demo)

 

Credit: Rory Langdon-Down

 

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