Bartees Strange has shared his new single ‘Wants Needs’ ahead of February album ‘Horror’

Bartees Strange has shared new single ‘Wants Needs’, taken from his upcoming album ‘Horror’, set for release on 14th February via 4AD.

The track showcases Strange’s genre-blending approach, and marks the fourth single to be lifted from the forthcoming record, following ‘Too Much’, ‘Sober’, and ‘Lie 95’.

“I realised a couple years ago that if music is really going to work out long-term, I want/need more fans,” Strange explains. “Of course – it’s a timing and numbers game – but race is a powerful component too. I don’t see a lot of people like me in the indie space making long term livings on their records. I worry people may have a hard time connecting to me because I don’t look/sound like them. That I’m fun to root for, but not actually supported. This song is about how much that worries me – fully understanding that a lot of these neurosis are of my own making.”

‘Horror’ was initially developed in Strange’s home studio before sessions with Yves and Lawrence Rothman. The album was then completed with Jack Antonoff.

His dates in full read:

FEBRUARY
13 Paramount, Los Angeles, USA
15 9:30 Club, Washington DC, USA
19 Bowery Ballroom, New York, USA
26 Oslo, London, UK