Bill Fay has announced new single ‘Love Will Remain’ from his upcoming album Countless Branches, due out 17th January on Dead Oceans.
It features a serene Fay at his most hopeful – retaining the awestruck, inquisitive feel of his early songs.
Countless Branches was recently announced via an Emily Scaife directed video for ‘Filled With Wonder Once Again’ (view it here).
His third release for the label, alike previous acclaimed recordings Life Is People (2012) and Who Is The Sender? (2015), was produced by Joshua Henry – with the cast list slimmed down from previous sessions. Guitarist Matt Deighton remains as Fay’s trusted MD and the musicians have mostly all played on Fay’s albums in the past. But both Henry and Fay thought that, this time, there should be more of Bill on his own at the piano, or with minimal accompaniment.
It’s at the piano, alongside some rudimentary home recording equipment, where Bill has been composing music in the intervening decades between his first and most-recent album at every chance he could get.
His newest songs, alike his older material, evoke landscapes, ancient and sacred places, as their author traverses the outdoors to marvel at it all. And he is doing it all from that corner of his room at the piano, while the word about his work continues to grow and spread like so many branches. For decades now, Bill Fay’s songs have been his ambassadors.
While still reluctant to play live or make public appearances, Fay’s resolve and his purity shine through the work and make him a special artist, finding his wider world from that corner of the room – and long may he continue to do so.
Lyrics
Love will remain, when knowledge has passed away, love will remain… love will remain, when other tongues have failed, love will remain…love will remain, when prophecies have passed away, love will remain… love will remain
Bill Fay ~ Piano, vocals
Ray Russell ~ Acoustic Guitar
Matt Armstrong ~ Bowed bass
FRan O’Hanlon ~ Keyboards
Noel Langley ~ Trumpet
Marco Pasquariello – Arrangement
Ray Russell ~ Acoustic Guitar
Matt Armstrong ~ Bowed bass
FRan O’Hanlon ~ Keyboards
Noel Langley ~ Trumpet
Marco Pasquariello – Arrangement
