It's finally here. After three years of waiting, Grimes has released the follow-up to Visions, titled Art Angels - and it's available for streaming right now.
This release marks Grimes' (real name Claire Boucher) fourth full-length studio album following 2012's Visions. This particular release has been highly anticipated on the basis that after months of recording, Grimes decided to scrap her entire culminated work and start anew.
The album is 15-tracks long and features the amazing 'Flesh Without Blood' that was released last week. What's also interesting is the alternative and reworked version of 'Realiti', a demo version of which was released earlier this year.
Speaking to Q, Grimes described the plot behind 'Kill V Maim', which is written from the perspective of Al Pacino's character in the classic and totally non-synth poppy, Godfather pt 2. In Grimes' track, however, "he’s a vampire who can switch gender and travel through space" - it's pretty standard stuff.
Another track on the album, the singer told Dazed and Confused, follows "the perspective of a butterfly in the Amazon as people are cutting down trees; there’s a song that’s from the perspective of angels who are polluted, so they’re crying polluted tears.”
There's a thematic density that's always been prevalent in Grimes' music, however, from what we've heard, the music itself pushes Grimes' production abilities to territories they've not yet ventured to. You can stream the album on Spotify or Apple Music, if that's your thing, right now.
Stream Grimes' album, Art Angels, below
Grimes is heading out on the road next year, dates are below. For tickets and more information, click here.
Sun March 06 2016 - BRISTOL Anson Rooms
Mon March 07 2016 - LEEDS Beckett Students Union
Tue March 08 2016 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Thu March 10 2016 - LONDON O2 Academy Brixton
Fri March 11 2016 - BIRMINGHAM Institute
Sat March 12 2016 - MANCHESTER Academy
Sun March 13 2016 - GLASGOW O2 ABC
