Slaves' Isaac Holman Sets April Release For Baby Dave Debut LP 'Monkey Brain', Drops New Single 29
Monday, 28 March 2022
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Harvey Williams-Fairley
Baby Dave, the debut solo project from Slaves' Isaac Holman, has announced his debut album.
'Monkey Brain' will be released independently on April 22, and features contributions from Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, alongside the newly shared single 29.
Anchored by a subdued looping beat, layered by electronic effects, the new track was written by Holman on a bus, after he challenged himself to write a song over the duration of his trip. He said:
"There really isn’t much of a story behind this tune, but that’s kind of the whole point. It’s about an uneventful bus journey from Brighton to Tunbridge Wells with my mate Lucy. I had my laptop with me and I decided to challenge myself to make a tune on the journey. This is that tune, about that journey."
Talking about the record, he added: "'Monkey Brain' is a collection of tunes written from shortly after a debilitating mental breakdown at the start of 2019, up until now. Around half of the tunes on the record co-produced by Damon Albarn who also plays various instruments throughout. I don’t know where this project would be if it wasn’t for him and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him and observe his wizardry. It was a proper game changer for me. Thank you for your patience, it shouldn’t have taken this long but ongoing issues with my mental health have made putting this record together incredibly challenging. Here we are though, we got there in the end. Can’t wait for you lot to hear it."
Baby Dave will perform on the day the LP gets released at Tunbridge Wells Forum, before joining the bill for DIY Magazine's DIY Alive festival in London the next day.
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