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The Futureheads' Barry Hyde Streams Song For New Solo Album

03/11/2016
. The Futureheads frontman Barry Hyde has released a stream of his song "Sugar". The track comes from his debut solo album, 'Malody,' which will be released on June 3rd.

Hyde had this to say about the album, "Those of you familiar with my work with The Futureheads may be expecting an album of new wave inspired, four-part harmony, guitar music. 'Malody' couldn't be further away from that. The album is based around my first instrument, the piano, and also features violin, cello, double bass, tenor and baritone sax, pedal steel and trumpet."

Discussing the album's themes, Barry explains: "What is 'malody'? Malody is a word I have invented, derived from the words, melody and malady. A malody is a melody that expresses mental malaise, mental illness and deep sadness or its opposite, mania. I know about these things as I am bipolar. This album is a musical representation of what it feels like to experience the extreme states of mind that characterise bipolar existence. Like many bipolar people, creativity is central to my life, central even, to my illness. This album is a bipolar album, it was written in the rare and exquisite moments of intense creativity that comes in an almost complimentary way with the highs and lows. It's a deep, highly personal catharsis, a document of my experience." Stream the song here.

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