Puma Blue has released his new album Croak Dream via Play It Again Sam, alongside the video for “Mister Lost,” and announced an extensive world tour across North America, Asia and Europe.
The album sees the London-based artist, born Jacob Allen, expand his sound through elements of trip-hop, dub and stripped-back singer-songwriter writing, drawing influence from artists including Rachmaninoff, Deftones, Tom Waits and CAN. Earlier singles “Desire,” “Croak Dream” and “Hush” introduced the album’s central theme, which reflects on how the knowledge of one’s mortality might reshape the way life is lived.
Croak Dream was recorded at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios with co-producer and mixer Sam Petts-Davies. The sessions favoured experimentation over rigid structure, with improvisations layered onto fragmented demo loops before being reassembled into finished compositions back in London. The accompanying video for “Mister Lost,” directed and edited by Allen, adopts a surreal tone, following an unsettling suited figure moving through London at night, reinforcing the album’s introspective and disquieting atmosphere.
Puma Blue’s world tour also begins this month with UK in-store performances, followed by dates across North America, Asia and Europe.
Listen to Croak Dream below