James Hinton’s The Range has shared the latest track, Copper Wire, which is lifted from their forthcoming new album ‘Potential’. The album will be out March 25th via Domino. Take a listen to Copper Wire via Soundcloud below.
Hinton says of Copper Wire, which features vocals from a young London rapper called Kruddy Zak: “I think a lot of my favorite lyrics on Potential allude to coming to terms with a difficult time in your life – that moment of acceptance when you finally allow yourself to drop your guard and admit youve been hit with something hard. Zak’s verse has a piece in it that states ’09 was emotional / it’s a memory / I wish that everything was still the same’ and that hit me particularly deeply as that was the year I lost my mom. Writing this song was the first time I ever talked about that moment in my music, and I think it was an important step in dealing with how I was feeling to finally get some words about it down on paper.”
As its backbone, ‘Potential’ utilizes a series of vocal samples that Hinton found in the deep corners of YouTube. Five Four finds Hinton exploring his love of early 00s grime and mid 00s electronica while bringing it to a new sonic and emotional whole. The music video, directed by Daniel Kaufman, features the London, UK-based grime MCs Ophqi and Superior Thought, the musicians from the original YouTube sourced clip that Hinton used to write and produce Five Four.
In addition to the forthcoming album ‘Potential,’ a documentary titled ‘Superimpose,’ directed by Daniel Kaufman, out this spring, will look at the human stories behind Ophqi, Superior Thought, and the other unknown artists included on the album. As Hinton states, ”I am very conscious that these people who I have sampled elevate what I do, just as much as my record brings their work somewhere else.”
‘Potential’ will be available in CD, LP, deluxe double LP edition, and digital formats. The deluxe double LP edition is available to pre-order exclusively from Domino and includes a bonus 4 track ‘Strings’ 12” EP and instant download of Florida and Five Four. It will be limited to 750 copies worldwide. Pre-order from iTunes or Dom Mart.
Upcoming live dates for The Range are:
March 25 || Bowery Ballroom || New York, NY * with Empress Of
March 26 || Brooklyn, NY || Good Room
May 13-15 || FORM Arcosanti || Arcosanti, AZ
July 15-17 || Pitchfork Music Festival || Chicago, IL
July 30 || Osheaga Festival || Montreal, QC
