Great British Songwriter Gary Kemp has released his third solo album, “This Destination” through East West Records available HERE.
The guitarist, songwriter and co-founder of Spandau Ballet has been touring worldwide with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets since 2018, alongside bandmate and fellow host of the renowned podcast Rockonteurs, Guy Pratt.
Kemp’s new body of work follows on from 2021’s INSOLO. “This Destination” is his most personal to date and sees the songwriter channel his own thoughts and feelings about the past, present and future through the guise of uncanny storytelling and character work. The album is simultaneously semi-autobiographical and an exercise in empathetic scene-setting.
The album’s release is accompanied by a stunning AI-generated music video directed by Mike Bennion which depicts a hyper-real, rainy London and its commuters.
The single represents a moment of symmetry for Kemp during the writing of the album. Kemp said, “It’s about my relationship with music. Whatever I’m going through, whatever conflict arises, the process of making music is my resolution. That’s my destination.”
Lyrically, the 11-track offering marks a journey in discovery for Kemp who, in the years following the pandemic, hit an unexpected wall of anxiety and a lapse in self-belief. ‘This Destination’ is the soundtrack to the artist navigating his way back to familiar surroundings.
The first song composed for the album was the arresting and cinematic ‘Take The Wheel’ – a piece of music which evokes the vivid imagery of a couple leaning forward against a windscreen trying to see the road through the rain.
Through a combination of his own stories and stories imagined, Gary Kemp has certified himself as one of the country’s greatest songwriters. “This Destination” is out now on East West Records. Gary Kemp will be appearing alongside brother Martin Kemp for a special Q&A event at PRYZM Kingston on Tuesday 4th February; tickets available HERE.
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