Description
Following his recent signing to Ninja Tune, Leon Vynehall
announces his debut album Nothing Is Still, released 15 June
- a record that sees him digging deeper into the family history
that has always inspired his most iconic tracks, whilst
returning to his own musical roots. Along with the
announcement he has also shared 'Envelopes', the album's
stunning lead single.
Nothing Is Still is, at its core, an album dedicated to
Vynehall’s grandparents. Emigrating from a leafy south east
U.K. to New York City in the 1960s, their seven-day journey
via boat from Southampton to Brooklyn, and the stories that
followed, have only truly come to light upon the passing of
his grandfather four years ago.
The result happened quite naturally, physicality and wonder
as well as two accompanying elements - a Novella and short
film which expand the scope and context of the narrative.
This is extended further through the use of visual artist Pol
Bury’s ‘George Washington Bridge, NYC’ from his
‘Cinétisation’ collection as the album artwork; with
permission granted to Vynehall by Bury's wife - the artwork
was created in New York by Bury at the same time as the
album’s story takes place.
