Ahead of his Electric Picnic performance this weekend, James Vincent McMorrow has unveiled a new song, When I Leave, which he recorded while on tour.
Speaking about the track, McMorrow said: "I've been recording when I can over the summer, on the floors of festival dressing rooms, in hotels, I've been waiting for everyone to fall asleep so I can track vocals in the back lounge of the bus.
"Making [current album] Post Tropical definitely lit a fire. There's no plan for any of it, I have an album in the world and it is rightfully taking up a lot of my energy, but I've plenty energy to go around, I'd like to start putting out some ideas while the ink is still wet, I want people to hear them, to know what they are when we play them live during the autumn Euro and US tours."
McMorrow continued: "Disclaimer, They're not polished, nothing recorded on the road ever could be, a lot of time spent removing crazy background sounds from vocals etc. That's the point though I guess, snapshots.
"When I was in college I'd go out a lot, but I wasn't the guy that was the centre of everyone's attention, I was usually standing awkwardly in the corner. But just because you're standing in the corner doesn't mean you don't love to dance. That's what this song is about I guess, dance like no one's watching."
