Patrick Wolf Shares New Single 'The Night Safari'
Title Track From The Night Safari EP Out This Friday
April 11, 2023 - New York, NY: Following the propulsive urgency of 'Nowhere Game' (which hit the BBC 6-Music B List on release), and the quietly emotive and majestic 'Enter the Day', Patrick Wolf reveals another track, the wistful and evocative 'The Night Safari'. The latest single is the final piece of the puzzle to be revealed ahead of the EP release on April 14, coming out on Wolf’s own label, Apport.
Wolf delves into the meaning behind the new single: “'The Night Safari’ is a phrase I gave those nights staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep and descending into a wilderness of dead ends and anxieties. The river in the song is a river that runs throughout the record
The metaphor of the river turning black to blue in this song is one of hope to survive to daybreak. A
little folk song sung to the black river of night in hope for it to start turning into the blue water of day."
On the inspiration for the track:
"I built the production around a loop on my celtic harp and started programming in samples of
nocturnal urban animal cries from outside my old Wandsworth studio alongside drummers I’d
recorded from the balcony of my then flat in Bloomsbury, drunkenly playing down Grays Inn Road at
three in the morning."
nocturnal urban animal cries from outside my old Wandsworth studio alongside drummers I’d
recorded from the balcony of my then flat in Bloomsbury, drunkenly playing down Grays Inn Road at
three in the morning."
Listen to 'The Night Safari':
Patrick Wolf is one of the most talented and idiosyncratic musicians of his generation, with a run of critically hailed albums, starting with Lycanthropy in 2003 to Lupercalia in 2010 which saw him incorporating everything from viola, celtic harp, dulcimer, baritone ukulele, piano, harpsichord, analog synthesizers and re-sampled field recordings in his music and collaborating with the likes of Marianne Faithfull, Tilda Swinton, Angelo Badalamenti and Patti Smith, among others. Wolf is currently in the studio working on a full-length album due early 2024 and will play select UK dates in the spring. US Tour plans to be announced.
Live Dates:
April 19 - Cardiff - Globe
April 20 - Glasgow - Oran Mor
April 21 - Hebden Bridge - Trades Club
April 23- Manchester - Band on the Wall
April 24 - London - Lafayette
April 20 - Glasgow - Oran Mor
April 21 - Hebden Bridge - Trades Club
April 23- Manchester - Band on the Wall
April 24 - London - Lafayette
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