After recently making her welcomed return, which included a thrilling performance as part of Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Festival at London’s Southbank Centre last month, as well as a sold out residency at Los Angeles’ Sun Rose on Sunset Strip, Lady Blackbird releases her new single, the stunning psychedelic gospel hymn ‘Let Not (Your Heart Be Troubled)’, taken from her brand new studio album Slang Spirituals, out September 13th on BMG.
The soulful orchestral fanfares of this beautiful new track, that has sprung out of the traps being premiered as Zoe Ball’s ‘New To 2’ on BBC Radio 2, and spun by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music, were penned in hotel bars after exhilarating shows or in impromptu studio sessions, and is a remarkable work of soul-searching and self-acceptance. It sees Lady Blackbird repeating the freeing line, “Heaven is just a game not meant to last,” playfully casting off her previous religious shackles over ornate swells of choral harmony.
“’Let Not (Your Heart Be Troubled)’ is a track that embodies the whole ‘Slang Spirituals’ journey, both lyrically and musically,” Lady Blackbird explains. “From the humble soul beginnings, to the psychedelic star bound after life, it’s the story of finding freedom within oneself and singing about it with the acid choir of love!”
Collaborating once again with Black Acid Soul producer Chris Seefried, the pair produce a second album that not only embodies the freewheeling, emotive Lady Blackbird sound, but that also taps into deeply vulnerable lyrics that recount the singer’s challenging ascent to musical stardom.
