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8 February 2024

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BETH GIBBONS was the voice/face of renowned British trip-hop
outfit Portishead who released (only) 3 LPs between 1994 and 2008.

She just issued a press statement with news of her first solo album.
It’s baptized PEOPLE OUTGROWN and will land on 17th May.

Gibbons about the album: “I realised what life was like with no hope. And that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do. People started dying. When you’re young, you never know the endings, you don’t know how it’s going to pan out. You think: we’re going to get beyond this. It’s going to get better. Some endings are hard to digest.”

First single FLOATING ON A MOMENT reflects Gibbons‘ uncomfortable
awareness of humankind’s mortality. A heartfelt musing, a gripping ballad.

“I’m floating on a moment
Don’t know how long
No one knows
No one can stay
All going to nowhere
All going
Make no mistake”

Beth Gibbons: Instagram – Facebook