Exclusive premiere of ‘Cry Baby’ by Brad stank, featuring Lord Apex, taken from the upcoming album, ‘In The Midst of You,’ out January 26th via Sunday Best.

The final single from his sultry new LP, ‘In The Midst Of You,’ which sees his signature, feather-soft, soul instrumentals graced by a couple verses from ever-talented London rapper Lord Apex, a heavenly hook from stank himself, and a lounging, sax-led postlude.

Speaking on the song’s creation, stank said, “I made this beat inspired by some of my favourite underground rap songs, but kept all the instruments live. It’s moody, romantic and hypnotic, and features Gal Go once again at the end. Lord Apex is the best rapper in the UK imo, so it was a real pleasure to have him come into the studio to record a couple of verses. I hope the smokers can get lost in this one a little bit. My part lyrically is almost a message to myself again, to the overthinking part of my brain, accepting that things can get a bit heavy sometimes, but reminding myself to keep my head up.”

Brad stank and Lord Apex | Photo by Corey Rid

Alongside his last single, ‘I Belong To You,’ stank announced a series of “in-store” UK tour dates, where he will be playing shows at a group of record stores across the nation. Since then, he’s also announced a group of traditional tour dates, spanning the EU alongside the UK.

In-Store Tour
Fri 26 January – Rough Trade East, In Store
Sun 28 January – Pie & Vinyl, Portsmouth
Mon 29 January – Jumbo Records, Leeds
Tue 30 January – Jacaranda, Liverpool
Fri 2 February – Banquet Records, Kingston

EU Dates
Sat 23 March – Ideal Bar, Denmark, Copenhagen
Mon 25 March – Paradiso [small hall], Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tue 26 March – Merleyn, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Wed 27 March- Kantine am Berghain, Berlin Germany
Thu 28 March – Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
Fri 29 March – Le Hasard Ludique, Paris, France

UK Dates
Mon 1 April – Jazz Cafe, London
Tue 2 April – Strange Brew, Bristol
Wed 3 April – Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
Thu 4 April – YES, Manchester
Fri 5 April – King Tut’s, Glasgow
Sat 6 April – The Workman’s Club, Dublin

Headline photo: Corey Rid

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