Listen to Bryan Ferry’s trippy new single ‘Star’ – his first original new music in over a decade
nme.comBryan Ferry has today shared a new single called ‘Star’ – his first new music in over a decade. Check it out below.The song features on an upcoming album from Ferry called ‘Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023‘, which is set for release on October 25.
You can pre-order it here.The 81-track collection is described in a press release as “a celebration of Bryan Ferry’s peerless career as a solo artist, spanning a period of over 50 years of music and 16 solo albums, bringing the story right up to the present with a snapshot of his latest work.”New single ‘Star’ began as a “sketch” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, and was developed by Ferry and painter and writer Amelia Barratt, who also features onto the track.
It’s described as “an anxious, darkly gleaming slab of pounding post-techno” in a statement.It adds: “The song sees Ferry continuing to explore uncharted creative territory, with Barratt and Ferry creating a duet that blurs the lines between art, music and poetry.”You can watch the video for the new track, which features Barratt and was filmed by Ferry and James Garzke, here:Speaking about the new track, Ferry said: “‘Star’ is a collaboration with the painter and writer Amelia Barratt.
A couple of years ago I helped her record an audiobook here in my studio. I was very impressed by her writing, and this is the first song we did together.
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