Matthew E. White released K Bay on the 10th of September, his first solo album in six years, via Domino. Now, White returns to the road with a headline UK tour including shows at London’s Islington Assembly Hall.
A bold reclamation of independence and identity, K Bay establishes White as one of his era’s most imaginative artists. These 11 pieces are retro-futurist magic tricks that feel instantly classic and contemporary, the product of a musical mind that has internalized the lessons of his idols and used them to build a brilliant world of his own.
More than love, romance, or self-reliance, this is the animating ideal of K Bay: that we can forever strive for something better, no matter how flawed or blessed we have already been. A decade ago, with his solo debut Big Inner, Matthew E. White made a classic beauty no one expected; on K Bay, he has made a masterpiece by harnessing what he’s learned from that community and life itself in entirely unexpected, electrifying, and reaffirming ways.
He will perform at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on March 25th 2022.