Today the Grammy-nominated groundbreaking alternative R&B artist serpentwithfeet announces the release of his highly anticipated new album, GRIP, is set for February 16th via Secretly Canadian. In celebration, he shares his insatiable new single “Damn Gloves” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and South African artist, Yanga YaYa, along with an intoxicating companion video. Ushering in a new era for the artist personally and sonically, we see serpent brimming with poise and tenacity in a fully realized form as he unveils his best work to date.
Venturing into a new sonic realm, “Damn Gloves” reveals the enchanted universe that celebrates and fosters the spirit and magic of Black queer nightlife at the heart of the new GRIP album. The visual directed by Micaiah Carter explores the space that surrounds the deeply intimate moments with a partner and the complex and delightful juxtapositions of physical closeness. Simultaneously, GRIP honors the communities that are nurtured within the walls of these intimate spaces and the monumental impact that they have on the lives of many people on the margins.
With this explosive return, it’s clearer than ever why serpent, an artist who has long been pushing the boundaries with his art and has come to be revered by the likes of Björk, Moby, Baby Keem, and many more, remains one of music’s most compelling artists today.
ABOUT SERPENTWITHFEET:
The Los Angeles based, Baltimore born and raised singer and songwriter is regarded as one of music’s most revered artists through his striking discography. His remarkable trajectory also includes a Grammy nomination for his contribution to Bjork’s Grammy-nominated album Fossora and a slew of breathtaking collaborations with Daniel Caesar, Sampha, Ellie Goulding, Nao, Alex Isley, Moby, Mick Jenkins, Kelela, and Virgil Abloh. GRIP serves as the follow up album to serpent’s critically acclaimed projects, DEACON and soil, which solidified the artist as a pivotal voice of our generation. His music has been lauded by TIME, NPR, Rolling Stone, Billboard, GQ, Complex, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, FADER, PAPER Magazine and many more. “The music serpentwithfeet makes is immediately distinctive, harnessing his gospel and classical training to a startling emotional openness,” proclaimed The New York Times. Serpent has accomplished the towering feat of establishing a distinct and crucial voice, one that has largely been left out of the larger music arena, amongst a sonic landscape that has long managed to push the boundaries of popular music while remaining wildly thrilling in nature.
PRESS ON SERPENTWITHFEET:
“He creates songs that are rhapsodic, pensive, harmonically complex, meticulously orchestrated and, often, constructed with layer upon layer of otherworldly vocals.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES
“serpentwithfeet’s influences make him dangerously cool and impossibly contemporary.”
– ROLLING STONE
“He gives a performance so confounding and original that many were tempted to categorize it as some hybrid, new thing.”
– GQ
“His presence on any song, no matter the style, doesn’t maraud the space but rather facilitates its expansion.”
– NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“serpentwithfeet continues to prove [himself] as one of [his] generation’s most sensitive songwriters.”
– PAPER MAGAZINE
“serpentwithfeet is happy, and you can hear it even when his voice goes beyond language.”
– GRAMMY.COM
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