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Obongjayar announces debut album, Some Nights I Dream Of Doors
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 4 February 2022
Obongjayar has announced that he will release his debut album, ‘Some Nights I Dream Of Doors’, in May. He’s also put out new single ‘Try’.
“This album dives into the idea of opportunity and tries to explore what that means, what lies behind those doors, and asks if we’re ready for it”, he says. “The pursuit of success, what happens when you achieve it, and what happens if you don’t? What does success mean? The head, the body, and the end of a dream”.
“Opportunity is looking forward, and in that lies the question of time”, he goes on. “What is your place in it? To know the future, or to fully be aware of your present, you need to analyse and understand your past. It’s an endless loop that continuously piles on itself”.
Of the new single, he adds: “When you’re a child, there are so many possibilities. You can be a pilot or an astronaut, it’s all so possible. By the time you turn twenty, you realise you’re probably not going to become a brain surgeon; reality starts to set in”.
“That’s what the song and this record is about”, he goes on. “Where do those feelings go? At what point do we lose our innocence, our wide-eyed approach to the world?”
Last year, Obongjayar won the Best Song Musically And Lyrically prize at the Ivor Novello Awards for his track ‘God’s Own Children’. So no pressure on the album then. That album, by the way, is out on 13 May. Watch the video for ‘Try’ here:
There are tour dates upcoming too. Here are all the dates:
20 Apr: Leeds, Belgrave Music Hall
22 Apr: London, Koko
23 Apr: Bristol, Thekla
24 Apr: Nottingham, Rough Trade
26 Apr: Brighton, Patterns
27 Apr: Manchester, Band On The Wall
