Hayden Thorpe unveils new single "Metafeeling"
7th September 2021
Today, Hayden Thorpe is happy to unveil “Metafeeling”, the latest single from his upcoming second solo album Moondust For My Diamond – due October 15th.
The video for “Metafeeling” is directed by Percy Dean and filmed in The Lake District showcasing the spectacular scenery of Thorpe’s home as he plays guitar in his equally spectacular suit. That Hagstrom Viking baritone guitar in the video is central to Moondust For My Diamond, Hayden bought it in Brooklyn on Valentine’s Day 2019 and explains: “if the piano was my totem instrument for ‘Diviner’ then this guitar became the amulet for the new record.”
Talking about “Metafeeling”, Thorpe says: “I was feeling inspired by studies into the potential healing properties of psilocybin mushrooms in psychotherapy. I signed up to a flagship programme in the Netherlands as I wanted to explore consciousness in a safe way. The line ‘whatever was was, now what is is’ came to me and distilled much of what I had experienced during that time.”
“Metafeeling” is the third track to be shared from the forthcoming record.
Watch the video for "Parallel Kingdom" here.
Watch the video for “The Universe Is Always Right” here.
Moondust For My Diamond follows 2019’s Diviner and AerialSongs EP from last year. Thorpe will premiere music from his new album at two special shows this October, one in association with Aerial, at Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal and the other at London’s Chat’s Palace.
Hayden Thorpe Live Dates9 OCT - Kendal, UK @ Brewery Arts Centre, Hayden Thorpe x Aerial
15 OCT – London, UK @ Chat’s Palace
6 NOV - Cambridge, UK @ Corn Exchange w/ Jon Hopkins
7 NOV - Brussels. BE @ Cirque Royal w/ Jon Hopkins
8 NOV - Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel w/ Jon Hopkins
14 NOV - Helsinki, FI @ Helsinki Music Centre w/ Jon Hopkins
15 NOV - Berlin, DE @ Tempodrom w/ Jon Hopkins
16 NOV - Den Haag, NL @ Amare w/ Jon Hopkins
18 NOV - Barcelona, ES @ L'Auditori w/ Jon Hopkins
20 NOV - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene w/ Jon Hopkins
21 NOV - Copenhagen, DK @ DR Koncerhuset w/ Jon Hopkins
23 NOV – London, UK @ Royal Albert Hall w/Jon Hopkins
25 NOV - Stockholm, SE @ Gota Lejon w/ Jon Hopkins
26 NOV - Hamburg, DE @ Laeiszhalle w/ Jon Hopkins
Hayden Thorpe Moondust For My Diamond
Album | 15th October 2021
In contrast to Diviner, a record that very much favoured the inner world, Moondust For My Diamound sees Hayden Thorpe moving into a more natural visual and sonic palette, gazing outward on the world. Produced by Richard Formby and Nathan Jenkins (Bullion), Thorpe has made an album that is galvanising, reassuring, elegant, seductive: it oozes Big Cosmic Energy.
Hayden Thorpe Moondust For My Diamond
Album | 15th October 2021
In contrast to Diviner, a record that very much favoured the inner world, Moondust For My Diamound sees Hayden Thorpe moving into a more natural visual and sonic palette, gazing outward on the world. Produced by Richard Formby and Nathan Jenkins (Bullion), Thorpe has made an album that is galvanising, reassuring, elegant, seductive: it oozes Big Cosmic Energy.
