In Praise Of Shadows Puma Blue SKU: BFMLP001V Barcode: 5400863036607 19.00 £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Blue Flowers Released Date: 5th February 2021 Buying Format: 180g 1LP Forthcoming Pre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “Hazy, late-night vibes filter through Puma’s production, matched by the tenderness of his vocals as he seeks comfort in his isolation.” – THE FADER “Sounds like a hot day easing into a warm night.” – Dazed “Effortlessly blends musical stylings, incorporating shoegaze, jazz, and blues influences into a sound all his own.” – Pigeons & Planes “If you don’t know Puma Blue, it’s time to change that. Immediately.” – Wonderland “A talent for writing songs that make up the perfect soundtrack to riding the bus alone, late at night, as dusk falls and thoughts of the day pool in your brain.” – DIY Over the course of two EPs, two singles and a stripped-back live album, Puma Blue has established himself as one of the UK’s most vital new talents, quietly amassing over 50 million streams in the process and selling out shows from London to LA and Paris to Tokyo. Now he’s set to build upon his growing underground acclaim by releasing his long awaited debut album ‘In Praise of Shadows’ on January 29th via Blue Flowers. ‘In Praise of Shadows’ is a delirious dreamland of soulful vocals, D’Angelo-ish guitars and muted electronic beats. Its fourteen tracks are a contemplation on “the balance of light and dark, the painful things you have to heal from or accept, that bring you through to a better place” says the 25-year-old Puma Blue, real name Jacob Allen “It’s about finding light in darkness – and realising that it’s what got me here today.” Puma Blue’s nocturnal, soul-searching sound was born from a decade in which the 25-year-old was plagued with insomnia, “for literally a decade, I just couldn’t sleep,” says the cult-acclaimed London songwriter/producer. That certainly helps to explain the hazy, late-night “voicemail ballads” of the early EP releases that propelled him to prominence, 2017’s ‘Swum Baby’ and 2018’s ‘Blood Loss’ earning him a reputation as affecting chronicler of unrequited love and inner turmoil. It’s an intimacy still present across ‘In Praise With Shadows’ but there’s also a new maturity and lucidity to the way in which Allen deals with his demons and celebrates beauty across his debut album, influenced no doubt by his journey over the last two years in which a blossoming romance has finally helped him to sleep whilst a burgeoning career forced the previously bedroom-bound songwriter out into the open, driving him to find new perspectives on loss, love and everything in-between. The result is an album astonishing in its openness, from bittersweet reflections on past relationships – “I never learnt to cherish her” Jacob laments on ‘Cherish (furs)’ – to pure love-laden soliloquies such as ‘Already Falling’ or ‘Sheets’, one of the albums most personal moments, which borrows a sample from the score of Michel Gondry’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and repurposes it as a lilting love-song that Allen describes as “like a really personal note that you’d leave in the house to be found when you’ve got to head out early.” Nowhere is that openness more apparent though than on lead single ‘Velvet Leaves’, released today. Propelled by a crisp hip-hop beat and culminating in reverb-drenched wails reminiscent of one of Allen’s biggest influences, Jeff Buckley, the track explores an incident that still leaves him near panic attacks today. He wrote the beat and the lyric in the same session as he channeled that experience into his music. “In the summer of 2015, my sister attempted suicide. It was a lot to process personally and for us as a family. I always wanted to deal with it in song but I never had the language, lyrically or musically, to grapple with such a complex issue. Then last year, I realised I finally had a way of dealing with that.” says Allen. “I’d like to think it ended up being a hopeful song, about the beauty of the way she got through it, and we all got through it. But there are definitely elements of the song which are just about how dark that veil is”. The accompanying video for ‘Velvet Leaves’ draws a parallel between the subject of the song and the greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Orpheus journeys “through the veil” to rescue Eurydice from the underworld. In a film rich with beautifully crisp cinematography, director Harvey Pearson (Sam Smith, SG Lewis) re-imagines the ancient story with a contemporary twist, casting Jacob as a downcast Orpheus-like character reflecting on a failed attempt to bring his Eurydice (here re-imagined as a sister, played by Mia Gill) back from beyond. It’s a chilling reflection on near loss fitting with the directness with which Puma Blue confronts emotion in his music. Artist Puma Blue Genre Rock And Pop Label Blue Flowers Buying Options 180g 1LP Format 180g , 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings ‘Sweet Dreams’ ‘Cherish (furs)’ ‘Velvet Leaves’ ‘Snowflower’ ‘Already Falling’ ‘Sheets’ ‘Olive / Letter To ATL’ ‘Oil Slick’ ‘Silk Print’ ‘Is It Because’ ‘Opiate’ ‘Sleeping’ ‘Bath House’ ‘Super Soft’ Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Rat Pack, The The Rat Pack: Live At The Sands Rock And Pop | Universal Music | 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released 25th November 2014 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rat Pack, The The Rat Pack: Live At The Sands £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Universal Music SKU: 3785062 Formats: 180g, 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Includes Download Code Released Date: 25th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nick Waterhouse Nick Waterhouse Rock And Pop | Innovative Leisure | 1LP Released 8th March 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nick Waterhouse Nick Waterhouse £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Innovative Leisure SKU: IL2060V Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th March 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rolling Stones, The Sticky Fingers (Half-Speed Master) Rock And Pop | Polydor | 180g, 1LP Released 26th June 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rolling Stones, The Sticky Fingers (Half-Speed Master) £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Polydor SKU: 877314 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 26th June 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elvis Presley Elvis Golden Records Vol 1 Rock And Pop | Speakers Corner | 180g, 1LP Released 14th October 2016 £27.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elvis Presley Elvis Golden Records Vol 1 £27.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Speakers Corner SKU: RCA LPM-1707 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 14th October 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Leonard Cohen Live Songs Rock And Pop | Sony Music | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 20th October 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leonard Cohen Live Songs £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sony Music SKU: 88985435341 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 20th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell Rock And Pop | Asthmatic Kitty Records | 1LP Released 30th March 2015 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell £16.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Asthmatic Kitty Records SKU: AKR099LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 30th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Van Dyke Parks Discover America 180g Rock And Pop | Sundazed | 1LP Released 26th March 2003 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Van Dyke Parks Discover America 180g £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sundazed SKU: SUNDAZEDLP5141 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 26th March 2003 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Metal Church Blessing in Disguise Rock And Pop | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released 2nd June 2014 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Metal Church Blessing in Disguise £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP1108 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Insert Released Date: 2nd June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nickelback Here And Now Rock And Pop | Rhino | 1LP Released 13th October 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nickelback Here And Now £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino SKU: 0081227933753 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 13th October 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tera Melos Patagonian Rats Rock And Pop | Sargent House | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 11th October 2010 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tera Melos Patagonian Rats £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Sargent House SKU: SH042LP Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 11th October 2010 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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