Wesley Joseph has released his new single “Pluto Baby” and announced his debut UK and EU headline tour.
Offering another preview of his forthcoming debut album Forever Ends Someday, set for release on 10th April via Secretly Canadian, “Pluto Baby” blends expansive production with sharp rap verses, pairing distorted guitar and brooding low-end textures with cascading synths and intermittent piano to create a moody backdrop for Joseph’s vocals. The single continues to build the sonic and emotional world of the 13-track record, following recent releases from the project including “Peace Of Mind” featuring Danny Brown.
Speaking on the track, Joseph explained: “Pluto Baby is set in the blur of night, written from a younger and less sure perspective that’s questioning what’s real. It’s the spiral between chasing highs, euphoria, lust and loneliness. Reaching for meaning in the wrong things and feeling somber underneath it all – a snapshot into a night that feels like it could be the last party on earth. We were recording in Hastings as a thunderstorm broke outside the studio and I wanted the track to carry that same energy. Charged, restless, and alive. A. K. Paul picked up his guitar and played a solo that became the spine of the song. Me, Harvey Dweller and Tev’n fleshed it out and later Nicolas Jaar heard it and steered it towards a four to the floor pulse. We followed that current until it became what it is now, a dark but euphoric storm you can move to.”
A video directed by Lokmane and creatively led by Joseph accompanies the track, filmed inside the striking modernist interiors of the French Communist Party Headquarters in Paris.
Alongside the release, Joseph has announced a UK and European tour, with shows scheduled in cities including Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton. Presale tickets open on 11 March to the official mailing list, with general sale beginning 12th March.
Listen to “Pluto Baby” below.