Maribou State drop new single

Maribou State — the duo made up of Chris Davids and Liam Ivory — share new single “All I Need”; a slice of signature Maribou State featuring soulful vocals from MOBO nominated artist Andreya Triana, who’s previously worked with the likes of Bonobo, Flying Lotus and Jungle. It’s the third and final single to be shared from Maribou State’s highly anticipated new album ‘Hallucinating Love’, set for release January 31st 2025 on Ninja Tune. 

Speaking more on the new single Maribou State comment; “On ‘Hallucinating Love’ we made a conscious effort to stop using garage-style vocals so used some Andreya Triana samples, and then did a session with her where we recorded them. We’d wanted to work with Andreya for ages and played her a few ideas. The one she went for was “All I Need”. And we were like, by the way, that’s you on the chorus, doing the vocals, which she loved. She ended up doing the verse vocals for it as well so it became a whole Andreya tune where she’s effectively duetting with herself. At the time we were heavily referencing Aphex Twin with the drums being hip-hoppy but also having this glitchiness to them, but the Andreya sample gives it this big 80s-style chorus.”

As part of a huge UK / EU tour kicking off this month (over 45k tickets in total) the band are playing three shows at London’s 10k+ capacity Alexandra Palace in February (two of which sold out in a matter of hours, with the third close to selling out). Previous acts to play three nights at the iconic venue in recent history include Fred Again…, Four Tet and Dermot Kennedy. The shows will mark a triumphant and poignant moment for the duo, following the news shared earlier this year by Chris Davids that he had undergone a major operation for a rare brain condition, from which he has only just begun to return to the studio and rehearsals full time. The band also recently announced a massive North American tour for Spring 2025, their first full band live dates on the continent in six years with stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, Toronto and many more.

“All I Need” arrives shortly after the release of recent singles “Bloom” and “Otherside” which feature long-time collaborator and vocalist Holly Walker. The releases received widespread support from the likes of Pitchfork (“Songs You Must Hear”), NME, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Billboard and Mixmag, as well as receiving support across BBC Radio 1 and 6 from champions including Jack Saunders, Pete Tong, Mary Anne Hobbs, Lauren Laverne, Danny Howard and Sian Elleri who named “Otherside” R1’s ‘Chillest Record’ on release week.

‘Hallucinating Love’ is out on January 31st on Ninja Tune. Available via here

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