Baba Ali by William Spooner
Baba Ali is previewing it with Black Wagon.
Baba Ali has set his debut album Memory Device for release on August 27th.
Raised in New Jersey and currently residing in London, Ali has been recording with Al Doyle and Joe Goddard. “Where I live in London, my window faces the high street and I’m not too far from a church,” he says.
“In the autumn there were a lot of funerals, and the horse and carriage procession would often come down the street. It’s quite an arresting image; it feels like it’s from a different era.”
“That’s the ‘black wagon’, and the rest of the lyrics are me reminiscing about the feeling of going to raves and coming home at sunrise.
“All that fun stuff that you try to make the most of before that black wagon comes to carry you off. This was a song that got an instant positive response from Al when he first heard the demo.”
“Towards the end of mixing, Joe Goddard came in to lend an outside perspective, and his added excitement for the tune confirmed we were on the right track.”
Tour dates:
October
10 – Birmingham, The Castle & Falcon
11- Manchester, Academy 2
12 – Glasgow, St Luke’s
14 – Liverpool, Arts Club
15 – Newcastle, St Doms
17 – Sheffield, The Foundry
20 – London, Scala
21 – Portsmouth, The Wedgewood Rooms
22 – Bristol, SWX
23 – Oxford, The Bullingdon
