Trailblazing soul singer Lee Fields has a new album on the way. Fields first began releasing singles on Daptone Records in the early aughts, but now he's finally making his debut for the label with Sentimental Fool, which is out October 28. The project was produced by label founder Bosco Mann (a.k.a. producer/musician Gabriel Roth) at Penrose Recorders/Daptone West in Riverside, California. The album also includes many Daptone family members: guitarist Thomas Brenneck, bassist Benny Trokan, drummer Brian Wolfe, keyboardists Victor Axelrod and Jimmy Hill, saxophonists Neal Sugarman and Ian Hendrickson-Smith, and trumpeter Dave Guy. Today, Fields shared the title track and a video directed by Andrew Anderson.
“I wanted to cut a different kind of record and really give Lee room to sing,” Roth said about the album. “We took our time and got painfully deep into every one of these tunes, stripping them down to pure feeling—no effort spared, no empty gestures remaining. Lee might be the greatest singer alive and I don’t think he’s ever sung better than on these sessions.”
“With Gabe’s efforts I feel like this album depicts me as the full character that I am,” added Fields. “I’m all about emotions. This album allowed me to show what I’m capable of doing. Not to say that my vocal ability goes beyond others, but I’m able to figure out the math to get the feeling you're looking for. I’m not trying to outdo any singer, but I can interpret the feeling. I can make someone cry if I want to. It’s always the challenge of trying to make something deeper. On this record, I go deeper than I’ve ever gone.”
Watch the video for "Sentimental Fool" below, and pre-order the album here.
