JACK GARRATT (UK)
wants you to feel
“BETTER”

The next instalment
from his forthcoming album
“LOVE, DEATH AND DANCING”

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Jack Garratt is very pleased to share details of his second album Love, Death & Dancing for release in June this year, his first new music since 2016. Following on from first single “Time”, released earlier this year, Jack returns with “Better”, the lead track from Volume 2 of his forthcoming album.

Jack’s initial explanation that Love, Death & Dancing is “dance music for people who don’t want to go out” has taken on a whole new meaning, perhaps best described as dance music for people who can’t go out.

In what has aligned to be a very relatable and relevantly timed release, Jack says of the single, “it’s a dance song about the end of times. It’s a song about the claustrophobia some of us feel when confronted by daily reminders of how a change outside of our control is coming, and how we force ourselves into repetitive sequences of familiarity and nostalgia to feel safe again.”

The music from the forthcoming album is performed solely by Jack, produced alongside Jacknife Lee and James Flannigan and will be released on Friday 12 June.

Jack last hit Australian shores in 2016, playing Splendour in the Grass and two sold out side shows at 170 Russell (Melbourne) and The Metro (Sydney). His single “Weathered” from his 2016 Phase LP reached #78 in triple j’s Hottest 100 Countdown in 2015. He has also been championed by Australian artists with M-Phazes (feat. Ruel) covering “Weathered” and Vera Blue putting her take on “Breathe Life” both for triple j’s Like A Version.

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He has marked his return with a deeply personal album with an accompanying and equally reflective long-form visual piece, Love, Death & Dancing – a film by Jack Garratt to be revealed in full alongside the album. The first instalment “Time”,  was released earlier this year. And now you can feast your eyes on the second offering “Better”, available now on all major video platforms.

The abstract clip depicts Jack on a chaotic rollercoaster of his own making, hounded by an inability to take control of his fate. Jack describes the film as a whole as “me, in the back rooms of my mental health, interpreting the album”, and performs choreography throughout, rediscovering his passion for dance, which he’d lost during the turbulent period of his life which inspired the album.

Love, Death & Dancing is a candid, extremely personal exploration of the past few years of Jack’s life, which saw him buckle under the monumental pressure of his early success.

“I was in what should have been this huge celebratory moment, I’m 24, 25, my album has not only sold but sold well, globally, the tours were selling out, I was getting all these accolades and awards – I should have felt comfortable, at the very least. And instead I was scared and alone, and desperate for affection. I’d realised that a lot of the pillars of affection were hollow; they weren’t real.”

The period that followed saw Jack struggle in his personal relationships, scrap an entire follow-up album and grapple with self-loathing and suicidal thoughts. “The album was written from the point of view of someone who has a functioning sadness,”  he says. “The album is about that functionality, that day-to-day battle, conversation, tug of war.”

Now, having taken some much-needed time out of the limelight, sought therapy and found peace within himself, Jack is ready to deliver his proudest body of work to date. It’s a triumphant testament to survival and courage and ultimately a joyous album, introducing a sleeker, more refined artist with a no-holds-barred mentality and a powerful story to tell.

Love, Death & Dancing will be released on Friday 12 June through Dew Process. Pre-order here!

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“Better”, “Get In My Way” and “Mend A Heart”
Written and performed by Jack Garratt
Produced with Jacknife Lee and James Flannigan
Distributed by Dew Process
Available now wherever you consume great music.

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