Noctunes

Description

The celestial hobo from Chicago, Willis Earl Beal, shook the world of black music with "Acousmatic Sorcery" and especially with his second album "Nobody Knows" in 2013. After "Experiments in Time" last summer, the artist announces his return with the release of the album "Nocturnes." A luminous singer of blues, soul, rock, twisted folk, or gospel, a designer, and a raw poet, Willis Earl Beal shuns the spotlight and blurs the lines with each project. Self-proclaimed "Super Unknown," the artist reinvents himself here with minimalist ballads of surreal beauty. While his musical journey has fairy tale undertones, the twists and turns of his previous life are more akin to realistic literature. Accumulating professional and romantic failures, Willis Earl Beal finds himself on the streets of Albuquerque (New Mexico), sinking into alcohol and solitude. There, he offers music to anyone interested on a flyer he designed himself, crafting a first album with a raw, furious sound, "Acousmatic Sorcery," which will be released by XL Recording (Adele, The XX, Vampire Weekend, Sigur Ros) in 2011.