Founding members of iconic British rock band The Verve, Nick McCabe and Simon Jones reveal the first material from their new project The Black Ships. They will be joined by Mig Schillace (Portishead, Goldfrapp) and Davide Rosse (whose string compositions have been used by The Verve, Coldplay, and Goldfrapp). You can download the entire debut EP Kurofune here for free.
Their first live appearance will take place at Kings College, London on Thursday June 2nd. Limited tickets available here.
Here’s what Nick McCabe has to say about the new project/EP:
“You just know when things are right. The four of us met in various circumstances and each meeting was accompanied by this feeling of “we’ve absolutely got to do more together”. And here we are. The joy of music: what does that really mean? Living and breathing it. Obsessing about detail whilst discovering the beauty in chance, and then doing what is necessary to give it life. All the peripheral activity, traditionally taken out of your hands in service of the big organisations of yore becomes a joy in service of the music. It is undoubtedly the hardest work we have collectively put into any band, but the satisfaction is already huge.”
