A new chapter wrapped between shadows and nostalgia.
Peter Doherty Return with a new single entitled “The Day The Baron Died”a melancholic and enveloping ballad that slides between the theatrical and the introspective. This theme is the third advance of his next solo album Felt Better Alivewhich will see the light on May 16 through Strap Originals.
I always thought it was a rare jazz number, with a silly but sticky melody. It is a kind of tribute to 'Instant Karma' by John Lenon, not for the letter but for that strange battery redouble out of time in the choir. And I will not explain what the song is about because I'm already working on the continuation! “Doherty says in a press release.
The video that accompanies the launch was filmed in Étretat, NormandÃa, and directed by Thad & Numa. In this visual the British musician puts himself in the skin of the Barona Gothic character wrapped in a romantic and fatalistic story with his wife Katia Devidaswho plays The ladythe aesthetics of the video reinforces the funeral and almost poetic air of the song.
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“The Day The Baron Died” adds to the singles already revealed “Calvados” and “Felt Better Alive”consolidating a new stage in the career of Dohertymarked by introspective folk, elegant arrangements and letters loaded with symbolism.