Raleigh Ritchie unveils swooning string-led new single "Bloodsport" [Premiere]
Raleigh Ritchie is airing his new edit of 2013 single "Bloodsport", which originally featured on his Black & Blue EP.
Rosie Danvers and Wired Strings, who have collaborated with the likes of Kanye West and Adele, have provided the new swooning string sections for "Bloodsport". With the melancholia stronger than ever, and trippy beats, Ritchie nods to the famed sound of his native city, Bristol. It still retains his smooth-as-silk take on R&B, but the orchestral backing offers a grander twist on Ritchie's composition.
Raleigh Ritchie is set to release his debut LP later this year. "Bloodsport" is the next official single from Ritchie, following "The Greatest" and "Never Say Die", and it'll be out 11 September via Columbia.
Stream "Bloodsport" below, and Ritchie's upcoming UK shows afterwards.
August
2 – Y Not Festival, Matlock
7 – Boardmasters Festival, Newquay
October
4 – Manchester Academy
5 – King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
7 – The Institute, Digbeth
8 – Electric Brixton, London
9 – Waterfront, Norwich
- Nadine Shah, Moonchild Sanelly and Sue Tompkins to feature on Self Esteem's forthcoming album, A Complicated Woman
- Scowl announce new album, Are We All Angels
- Brown Horse announce their second studio album, All The Right Weaknesses
- Sumac and Moor Mother announce collaborative album, The Film
- Pan Amsterdam unveils new single, "Day Out"
- Index For Working Musik detail their second studio album, Which Direction Goes The Beam
- DITZ examine the commodification of queer culture on new single, "Four"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Mac Miller
Balloonerism
Delights
If Heaven Looks A Little Like This
The Weather Station
Humanhood
