James Vincent McMorrow Announces New LP; Shares Acoustic Ballad “Waiting”

(Note: edited press release)

Singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow has announced details of brand-new album, Grapefruit Season out via Columbia Records on July 16. Following acclaimed recent single, “Gone” and standalone collaboration “Be Somebody” with Rudimental, McMorrow has shared the acoustic ballad “Waiting” alongside a list of . UK and European tour dates for early 2022.

In an already-unpredictable career, Grapefruit Season sees James Vincent McMorrow push himself (and his sound) in all new ways. Produced by James alongside fellow genre-disruptors, Paul Epworth, Kenny Beats, Lil Silva and Patrick Wimberly (Chairlift), McMorrow’s fifth album was recorded between London, Los Angeles and Dublin largely before the pandemic struck.

James Vincent McMorrow (Photo by Evan Doherty)

Embracing life’s chaotic nature, the album jumps between genres and sounds, glued together by McMorrow’s crisp, oaky vocals and imaginative style. Even the title, Grapefruit Season, seems to signpost doing simply what you want, rather than what you are supposed to do (it was inspired by James watching his mum eat grapefruit as a kid, and the idea that what’s good for you may not actually be pleasurable).

“This last year has been a massive lesson in patience for all of us. But I don’t feel any more patient than I did before, in fact the opposite, I feel impatient,” McMorrow shares. “I had this album finished last year and then the world stopped and I had to stop. I remember sitting in my car crying after I heard that we’d be parking the work until 2021, and then I wrote “Waiting”. It’s a song about feeling sorry for myself, and then going home and talking to the one person in my life who understands just how awkward a fit all of this is for me, and who loves me for the actual human I am and not what I curate in order to feel like the person I need to be”.

Check out the dates for James Vincent McMorrow’s 2022 headline tour (below) and pre-order the album here.

2022 TOUR DATES:
February 4 || Leuven || Het Depot
February 5 || Paris || Le Trianon
February 6 || Luxembourg || Den Atelier
February 8 || Frankfurt || Batschkapp
February 9 || Amsterdam || Paradiso
February 10 || Hamburg || Grunspan
February 12 || Stockholm || Nalen
February 13 || Copenhagen || Vega
February 15 || Berlin || Metropol
February 16 || Cologne || Gloria Theatre
February 18 || Manchester || O2 Ritz
February 20 || Birmingham || O2 Institute
February 21 || London || O2 Kentish Town Forum
February 22 || Bristol || O2 Academy
February 23 || Glasgow || Barrowland Ballroom
April 19 || Dublin || Olympia Theatre
April 20 || Dublin || Olympia Theatre
April 21 || Belfast || Limelight
April 22 || Limerick || Milk Market