Alexis Taylor shares new song 'Oh Baby' from forthcoming album 'Beautiful Thing'

Next month (April 20th) sees the release of Beautiful Thing, Alexis Taylor’s fourth solo album. It is an album of electronic thrills, dark spaces, memories of dancefloors and heartfelt writing; it's composed, it's improvised, it's accidental, it's strange, but it's also very immediate.

Today, Taylor shares brand new track ‘Oh Baby’, a glorious burst of bubble-gum pop with frenetic piano and detuned synths ripping through it.

Alexis says of the song: “‘Oh Baby’ is an exuberant love song, with a nod to the music I love by the likes of Alex Chilton and Paul McCartney. It was produced by Joe Goddard and features John Coxon on guitar and some Hot Chip bandmembers playing on it too. I wrote it in about the time it takes to listen to it, and the finished performance was recorded live in the studio.

The video by Simon Owens shows my eyeballs coming out of my head and having a whirlwind romance with each other.”

The other nine tracks on Beautiful Thing are produced by Tim Goldsworthy, co-founder of Mo Wax and DFA Recordings and member of UNKLE, and mark the first time Alexis has made a solo album with a producer. Watch the video for the previously shared title track here.

Beautiful Thing is available to pre-order on deluxe heavyweight gatefold vinyl (with 3 bonus tracks), gatefold vinyl, CD and digital download.     

  Alexis will head out on headline tour next month before playing a string of festivals over the summer including All Points East and Festival No 6. Live, he will be accompanied by Susumu Mukai (aka Zongamin) on bass and Leo Taylor (The Invisible, Four Tet) on drums.   

Upcoming live dates

Thurs 19th April – Patterns, Brighton Tickets

Fri 20th April – Omeara, London Tickets

Tues 24th April – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam Tickets

Wed 25th April – Artheater, Cologne Tickets

Thurs 26th April – Badaboum, Paris Tickets

4-6th May - Here Comes The Summer festival, Netherlands

27th May – All Points East festival, London

20th July – Bluedot festival, Macclesfield

1st September – Electric Picnic, Ireland

8-9th September – Festival No 6, Portmeirion