Joe Goddard shares new song “Follow You”

Next month sees the release of Joe Goddard’s third album Harmonics (due July 12th). A record rooted in instinct and empathy, across 14 tracks of left-of-centre dance music – touching on UK garage, house, hip-hop, pop, and disco – Goddard opens the floor for a number of collaborators.

Having previously shared two tracks from the album, today, Goddard shares “Follow You”, one of a handful of solo songs that capture the more reflective and inward-looking side of his music. “With all the different people on this record, I’ve been working on how to respect the contribution they make and not trying to be the one who has to lead everything,” Joe says. “That follows through into the songs where I’m singing. I tried to write words without having too much of an idea of what I’m trying to express, where I’m just writing a stream of consciousness.”

Alongside the introspective-dancefloor-moment of “Follow You” comes news of a live tour in November including London’s Colour Factory. These dates will follow a summer of live instore shows as well as an album release party in Joe’s new hometown of Folkestone, a slot at All Points East as well as DJ set at Glastonbury and more.

Goddard also recently shared the smooth 1-800 GIRLS remix of “Moments Die” – watch the visualiser here.

Elsewhere on Harmonics, the voice of Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams rides the afro-house groove of “Progress”, while starry-eyed boom-bap track “When Love’s Out of Fashion” features UK rapper Oranje. Former Wild Beasts frontman Hayden Thorpe lends his uniquely expressive vocal to the low-slung house of “Summon”, and Joe’s Hot Chip bandmates Alexis Taylor and Al Doyle both appear on the gleaming half-step ballad “Heal Your Mind”. Other guests on the album include Tom McFarland of the London dance-pop group Jungle, Bronx-raised singer Fiorious (“New World (Flow)”), Guinean vocalist Falle Nioke, Brooklyn singer Barrie (“Moments Die”) and UK jazz musician Alabaster DePlume.

This openness towards collaboration and the acceptance of people’s individual human nuances is where Harmonics gets its name from. The history of dance music is replete with words like ‘ecstatic’, ‘euphoric’, and ‘uplifting’ – but here, those words do not describe hands-in-the-air clichés, but the spiritual and human side that Joe explores in his music. “Part of the reason why I wanted to call this Harmonics is that I was trying to create something very inclusive and empathetic, something harmonious,” Joe says. “There’s a lot of aggressive division in the world, and I wanted this to be loving, romantic – and fun.” This is the soulful thread that runs through all of Joe Goddard’s favourite music – genres from soul and funk, to house and garage, that were born in Black America and adopted by the UK. Harmonics is not just a title but a promise fulfilled – an unbridled celebration of compassion, collaboration, and creation.

Watch the video for “Moments Die” featuring Barrie here.

Watch the video for “New World (Flow)” featuring Fiorious here.

Harmonics is available to pre-order on DomMart/Joe Goddard’s store-exclusive pink double vinyl (with sticker sheet and signed Polaroid), standard double vinyl, CD (with signed Polaroid) and digitally. Pre-order: DomMart Digital

Upcoming Joe Goddard dates

• 15th June – Metropolis, London (DJ)
• 29th June - Stonebridge Bar, Glastonbury Festival (B2B DJ with Elkka)
• 12th July – Quarterhouse, Folkestone
• 13th July – Resident, Brighton
• 14th July – Truck, Oxford
• 15th July – Jacaranda, Liverpool
• 16th July – Jumbo, Leeds
• 18th July - Rough Trade East, London
• 26th July - Low Festival, Benidorm (DJ)
• 11th August – Stella Polaris, Copenhagen (DJ)
• 17th August – Stowaway Festival, Buckingham
• 23rd August – All Points East, London w/ LCD Soundsystem
• 24th August – Lost Village, Lincoln
• 29th August – Cala Mijas, Madrid
• 30th August – The Set Theatre, Kilkenny
• 31st August – The Workman’s Club, Dublin
• 7th Sept – Damp Disco, Folkestone (DJ)
• 20th Sept - This is Tmrw @ Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (DJ)
• 21st Sept - Dreamland, Margate (DJ)
• 8th November – King Tut’s, Glasgow
• 9th November – The White Hotel, Manchester
• 12th November – Patterns, Brighton
• 13th November – Colour Factory, London

16th November – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam

17th November – Bellevilloise, Paris

18th November – Botanique – Rotonde, Brussels

20th November – Kupellhalle at Silent Green, Berlin

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