BLANCO WHITE
Announces Debut Album
+ New Single
“PAPILLON”
Takes Its Delicate First Flight
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“Powerful…” – The Metro
“Striking…” – The Independent
“A feat of musical brilliance” – Complete Music Update
“A worldly man who has honed his craft” – Wonderland Magazine
“(His) hauntingly beautiful sound is a thing to behold” – Drunken Werewolf
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Blanco White, the stage name of London-based artist Josh Edwards, today announces the release of his long-awaited debut album, ‘On The Other Side’, out on the 3rd of April 2020, via Yucatan Records. Along with this announcement, the beloved English troubadour also offers fans his ethereal new single “Papillon”, out today.
Taking influences from Latin and Andalusian music, the track interweaves soothing vocals with adroit instrumental fingerwork presenting a smooth blending of the modern and the timeless that is nothing short of bliss.
STREAM “PAPILLON” HERE
“Papillon is a song inspired by Henri Charrière’s book of the same name,” said Blanco White. “It was a very important book to a friend of mine, and it left a similar impact on me. Most of the story takes place surrounded by water, so I wanted the song to have a shimmering and rippling feel to it.”
The music video for “Papillon” is a dreamy, ethereal walk into another world, filled with motifs of reflection, both inward and outward.
Music video director Javier Lara said, “Papillon… started from the idea of isolation and captivity in paradise, a moment of reflection, of feeling yourself, and trying to escape from those invisible barriers that surround us each day. No shipwreck enjoys the paradisiacal wonders that a desert island offers you.”
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Watch PAPILLON here
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White’s most recent releases see the Londoner creating music both bittersweet and extraordinary, marrying together different instruments and genres into songs greater than the sum of their parts.
His first single of 2019, “On The Other Side”, was premiered by Clash Magazine (UK), who described it as “a dexterous, poignant, and softly addictive return, one that underlines the real strengths to his musicality. Becoming ever more adept, the lyrics carry a bittersweet feel that gets under your skin.” – waiting on updated quotes.
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Watch ON THE OTHER SIDE here
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Commonly compared to the likes of Sufjan Stevens and Bon Iver, White has recently graced stages the world over, including at the UK’s Wilderness Festival, Germany’s Haldern Pop Festival and Canada’s Edmonton Folk Festival.
Blanco White started as the solo project of Londoner Josh Edwards in 2014. After studying guitar in Cádiz (Spain), and later Andean instrument the charango in Sucre (Bolivia), Edwards’ aim was to begin bringing together elements of Andalusian and Latin American music alongside influences closer to home.
“I think it was those childhood memories and an early connection with Andean music that made me want to seek out the charango and begin experimenting with it,” said White. “Even if I wasn’t sure what form that experimentation would take.”
The result is beyond exotic; it’s otherworldly… And there is only more to come.
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