Beth Gibbons of Portishead fame has announced that her debut solo album (put some respect on Out of Season’s name!), Lives Outgrown, will arrive on May 17 via Domino Records. The record features 10 new tracks recorded over a period of 10 years, and was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, and, most recently, The Last Dinner Party) and Gibbons with additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk).
Lives Outgrown is a reflection on change and “lots of goodbyes,” according to Gibbons. “I realized what life was like with no hope,” she said in a press statement. “And that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do.”
The songs also touch on motherhood, anxiety, and menopause (which Beth describes as “a massive audit” and “a massive comedown” which “cuts you at the knees”), as well as mortality. “People started dying,” Gibbons continued. “When you’re young, you never know the endings, you don’t know how it’s going to pan out. You think: we’re going to get beyond this. It’s going to get better. Some endings are hard to digest.”
Check out the video for first single “Floating on a Moment” below, and pre-order Lives Outgrown here.
