James Vincent McMorrow & Kenny Beats – ‘I Should Go’

James Vincent McMorrow has today dropped brand new track ‘I Should Go’. Co-produced with Kenny Beats (Idles, slowthai, Omar Apollo), James has also announced details of an extensive UK and European headline tour for 2021: presale is available for those on James’ mailing list (sign up here) and begins on August 26th with general sale commencing on August 28th. A platinum-selling artist who has independently clocked up over 750 million streams, reached #1 in his home of Ireland, and seen his music travel everywhere from Drake's 'Views' to 'Game Of Thrones', ‘I Should Go’ acts as a further window into the world of McMorrow's upcoming fifth studio album – which was introduced in bold fashion with recent single, ‘Headlights’.

Watch videoclip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f54vpGL90A

Holding onto those moments of clarity in the chaos is emblematic of where James Vincent McMorrow finds himself in 2020. That rare artist who’s as integral to the worlds of hip-hop and R&B as he is the singer-songwriter roots of debut album ‘Early In The Morning’ (which turns 10 this year), one constant has been James’ intuitive, bigger-picture approach to each project; the idea of doing exactly what you need to do, when you need to do it. And it’s this more personal growth – the confidence to turn all he's learnt into uplifting, purposefully-chaotic pop - that is evident across McMorrow’s latest work. First single ‘Headlights’ was written not so much about life making sense, but making peace with the fact that nothing does: a fact which was reinforced when the song dropped amidst lockdown, and the original video had to be scrapped in favour of a more intimate approach. The ‘Headlight’s video also acted as an affecting snapshot of another big change in James’ life, as it featured his daughter Margot (as shot by his partner Emma). The single’s meditative followup, ‘I Should Go’, was recorded with fellow genre-collider Kenny Beats, as James worked between Dublin, LA and London with similarly world-class talent (Paul Epworth, Lil Silva, Patrick Waverley) on a brand new chapter in his career, and his life in general

Watch out for more for from James coming soon – with his headline dates for 2021 thus far announced as follows:

UK/EU Tour Dates

• 16th March - Leisureland, Galway (Ireland)
• 18th March - Milk Market, Limerick (Ireland)
• 19th March - The Telegraph Building, Belfast (Ireland)
• 20th March - Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (UK)
• 22nd March - O2 Ritz, Manchester (UK)
• 23rd March - O2 Academy Brixton, London (UK)
• 25th March - Stollwerck, Cologne (Germany)
• 26th March - Le Trianon, Paris (France)
• 27th March - Het Depot vzw, Leuven (Belgium)
• 29th March - Batschkapp, Frankfurt (Germany)
• 31st March - Grünspan, Hamburg (Germany)
• 1st April - Metropol, Hamburg (Germany)
• 2nd April - Vega, Copenhagen (Denmark)
• 5th April - Den Atelier, Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)
• 6th April - Paradiso, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
• 8th April - O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol (UK)
• 9th April - The O2 Institute, Birmingham (UK)
• 17th April - Olympia Theatre, Dublin (Ireland)
• 18th April - Olympia Theatre, Dublin (Ireland)