JACOB BANKS PREMIERES POWERFUL NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “PARADE”OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY Universal Music Canada Nigerian-born singer/songwriter Jacob Banks shares his exhilarating new single “Parade” and its accompanying video. “Parade” is available now at all digital retailers via Interscope Records/Universal Music Canada, the country's leading music company. Listen to "Parade" and watch the video BELOW A gritty but triumphant anthem built on the UK-based alt-R&B/soul artist’s spellbinding vocals, “Parade” was inspired by the unrest Banks felt upon attending a protest in the UK. “I hoped to experience a sense of pride or whatever, but I didn’t experience any of that,” says Banks. “I felt defeated by the fact we still have to do this after all of these years. We’re all risking our lives with the pandemic out there. However, it turned around in my head. No matter how hard it gets for the oppressed, civilization still doesn’t move without our consent. It was fascinating to me. I found power in it. Society requires those who stand up on the frontline and march. It needs all of the marginalized and disenfranchised groups, so get on board or get used to it.” A glorious piece of fuzzed-out blues, “Parade” channels that inner tension in its unruly guitar riffs, soulful horns, and wildly kinetic rhythms. Meanwhile, the song’s beautifully surreal video finds Banks’s proxy dropped into a desolate industrial landscape, instantly brightening the bleak surroundings with his radiant presence and spirited dance moves. Equal parts joyful and haunting, the visual perfectly captures the defiant energy of the song’s chorus (“Let it rain/It won’t rain on my parade”). “Parade” follows the 2020 release of two songs - “Devil That I Know” and “Stranger.” Banks’ 2018 full-length debut Village earned praise from outlets like Ones to Watch (who likened the album to “an exquisitely-written memoir”) and NPR (who noted that Banks possesses “a mesmerizingly deep baritone with timbre so rich, you can almost feel it wrapping you up in song”). AboutAbout Jacob Banks
Source Universal Music Canada
February 11, 2021 12:50pm ET by Pressparty |