English singer-songwriter Beth Gibbons came in the picture as the voice/face
of trip-hop outfit Portishead when the band released their debut LP Dummy
in 1994. Two longplayers followed, the self-titled (1997) and the last, so far,
simply titled Third. Then silence, still now.
But last year Beth Gibbons came back, solo, with
her critically acclaimed debut Lives Outgrown.
She’s touring the album right now.
So, it’s promo time now. A couple of days ago, Gibbons was invited to
the BBC 6 Music Studio. She performed, backed by a 7-piece band, five
songs off the LP, this highlight (and single), titled Floating On A Moment
included. The footage went online yesterday.
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”
