Beharie announces album 'Are You There, Boy?'
Beharie announces his new album "Are You There, Boy?" which will be released October 20th via V2 Records. Today the single from this album called 'Deadly' is released. A beautiful, deep single about love and obsession that it can bring.
Deeply rooted within the indie/soul landscape you will find Beharie - a young, old soul with a distinctive expression that balances neatly between searching for an identity and independence. With vulnerable vocals immersed in delicate harmonies, his music conveys a nerve that dares to be both vulnerable and insistent.
Despite it being early on in his career, Beharie has already managed to win himself a Norwegian Grammy Award (“Spellemann Award") with his second EP ‘Beharie // Beharie’ (2021), as well as being nominated by Swedish Gaffa Awards as “International Newcomer of The Year”. The EP also won him praise internationally with Wonderland saying: “It might be too early to crown the EP of the year just yet, but this is certainly one of our best contenders”.
Having started 2022 with a month-long European support tour with William Fitzpatrick (US), the year continued to deliver for the soulful singer-songwriter. His third EP ‘Beharie, the Third’ (May 22) saw raving reviews from the likes of VG (5/6), Gaffa (6/6), Aftenbladet (6/6) and Aftenposten (5/6), with Gaffa claiming Beharie’s the “cream of the crop” and comparing him to Frank Ocean:
"The similarities to Frank Ocean, both in the voice and the melodies, are so striking that it’s tempting to look into Beharie's family tree. A big comparison, yes, but one has to go to this level to give a precise image of the talents that this man possesses”.
The summer continued to produce highlight after highlight, with a Leon Bridges support slot, a performance at the opening of the prestigious National Gallery in Oslo, with the Royal Family and the Prime Minister present, and a performance at the government’s marking of the “Year of Queer Culture”, broadcast live on the national TV station, NRK – to mention just a few. The rest of the year saw Beharie play several festivals, both in Norway and abroad, and release the following-up single ‘Just For The Day’.
2023 is looking just as promising, with confirmed festival slots at Eurosonic (NL), Spot Festival (DK) and Øya Festival (NO), as well as a Norwegian and European tour in the diary (see full list at beharieofficial.com/tour-dates)
With his ability to express emotions wrapped in warm, soulful and timeless sounds, Beharie is continuing to bring his ever-developing music to exciting new places and heights.
