Benjamin Clementine releases new single 'Jupiter'

Mercury Prize winner Benjamin Clementine releases new single ‘Jupiter’, the latest to be lifted from his much-anticipated second album, I Tell A Fly, which will be released through Behind / Virgin EMI on September 15. ‘Jupiter’ follows previous singles ‘Phantom Of Aleppoville’ and ‘God Save The Jungle’ - the latter premiering via 6Music, for whom Benjamin recently played a Lauren Laverne live session - and an acclaimed appearance at this year’s Edinburgh International Festival, the Guardian describing Clementine as a “rare, unvarnished and unpredictable artist... evoking David Bowie, Radiohead and Anohni”.

Benjamin Clementine released his debut album At Least For Now in January 2015. The album secured Clementine the UK Mercury Prize and in France the ‘Best New Act’ honours at Les Victories de la Musique, whilst in the U.S Clementine featured on the cover of the New York Times, interviewed by David Byrne. Clementine is especially beloved for his emotionally charged live performances. The Guardian, in a five star live-review, describing the artist as “a true original... his intense songs, autobiographical and elliptical as they are, could not conceivably be anyone else.”

To follow the release of I Tell A Fly, Clementine will play a series of UK & European headline dates through November and December, including London’s Brixton Academy on December 5th. A New York show at Carnegie Hall is also on sale for October 5.

Informed by a U.S. visa describing him as ‘an alien’, ‘Jupiter’ finds Clementine exploring ideas of identify, both personal and universal. “Seeing my visa just opened everything for me” says Clementine; “Saying ‘Jupiter’ for me was like saying ‘Europa’, or ‘England’, or ‘Edmonton’. Me wandering around in America....there was Trump and Clinton, there was the Orlando attack, the New Orleans attack - here I was thinking I was living in a safe place, but nothing was really safe anymore, or ever. It’s a poke at people being called aliens by some people, like we’re from another planet. I think we’re all forever aliens”.

Recent praises for Clementine:

• Truly extraordinary Sunday Times Culture
• A rare, unvarnished and unpredictable artist **** The Guardian
• Six minutes of magic, soul and grace from one of the most interesting artists around NME
• Brilliant and poetic lyricism backed up by haunting vocals Time Out
• Suggests his next album will be hugely ambitious Evening Standard

LISTEN TO BENJAMIN

Listen to ‘Jupiter’ here.

TOUR DATES

UK Dates:

• 30th Nov Dome Concert Hall Brighton, UK
• 1st Dec Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, UK
• 3rd Dec O2 Academy Leeds, UK
• 4th Dec The Ritz Manchester, UK
• 5th Dec Brixton Academy London, UK
• 6th Dec The Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UK
• 8th Dec Colston Hall One Bristol, UK

Full European Dates:

• 12th Nov The October Palace Kiev, Ukraine
• 13th Nov Izvestia Hall Moscow, Russia
• 15th Nov The Hall Compensa Vilnius, Lithuania
• 16th Nov MTP2 Hall Poznan, Poland
• 18th Nov Elbphilarmonie Hamburg, Germany
• 19th Nov Philharmonie Munich Munich, Germany
• 20th Nov Köln Philharmonic Hall Köln, Germany
• 21st Nov Berlin Philharmonie Berlin, Germany
• 22nd Nov Konzerthaus Dortmund Dortmund, Germany
• 25th Nov Cirque Royal Brussels, Belgium
• 27th Nov Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• 28th Nov De Doelen Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 30th Nov Dome Concert Hall Brighton, UK
• 1st Dec Birmingham Town Hall Birmingham, UK
• 3rd Dec O2 Academy Leeds, UK
• 4th Dec The Ritz Manchester, UK
• 5th Dec Brixton Academy London, UK
• 6th Dec The Sage Gateshead Gateshead, UK
• 8th Dec Colston Hall One Bristol, UK
• 18th Dec Arcimboldi Theatre Milan, Italy