Walsall-born, London-based artist Wesley Joseph is dropping his debut album Forever Ends Someday on April 10. Today, he has shared the newest single from the forthcoming LP. It’s called “Pluto Baby” and it comes with a video directed by Lokmane. The press release notes that the visual was filmed at the Paris Communist Party Headquarters. Well, alright then. Maybe Forever Ends Someday translates to the downfall of capitalism’s fury.
“Pluto Baby” has some electrifying percussion and trippy vocal swirls. Parts of the production remind me of Darkside, which is interesting considering that Nicolas Jaar heard a draft of the song and gave Joseph and his collaborators some feedback. Joseph explained more about how the song came together:
“Pluto Baby” is set in the blur of night, written from a younger and less sure perspective that’s questioning what’s real. It’s the spiral between chasing highs, euphoria, lust and loneliness. Reaching for meaning in the wrong things and feeling somber underneath it all – a snapshot into a night that feels like it could be the last party on earth. We were recording in Hastings as a thunderstorm broke outside the studio and I wanted the track to carry that same energy. Charged, restless, and alive. A. K. Paul picked up his guitar and played a solo that became the spine of the song. Me, Harvey Dweller and Tev’n fleshed it out and later Nicolas Jaar heard it and steered it towards a four to the floor pulse. We followed that current until it became what it is now, a dark but euphoric storm you can move to.
Watch the video for “Pluto Baby” below.
Forever Ends Someday is out 4/10 via Secretly Canadian. Pre-order here.
