Beth Gibbons has just shared a new single, 'Floating On A Moment,' ahead of announcing her debut solo album Lives Outgrown, out Friday 17th May via Domino.

Featuring ten dazzling new tracks compiled over a decade, the upcoming album was produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Depeche Mode, The Last Dinner Party) and Beth Gibbons with additional production by Lee Harris (Talk Talk).

Beth Gibbons by Netti Habel

Lives Outgrown is, by some measure, most personal work of Gibbons' to date, the result of a period of sustained reflection and change — “lots of goodbyes,” in the singer's own words. This record sees the Portishead alum bid farewell to family, to friends, even to her former self. These are songs from the mid-course of life, when looking ahead no longer yields what it used to, and looking back comes sharply into focus.

“I realised what life was like with no hope,” says  Gibbons. “And that was a sadness I’d never felt. Before, I had the ability to change my future, but when you’re up against your body, you can’t make it do something it doesn’t want to do.”

The video for the first single 'Floating On A Moment' is a vibrant, translucent offering directed by Tony Oursler, with an unmistakeable, '90s -MTV visual approach.

Including her work with Portishead, Beth Gibbons' Out Of Season album with Rustin Man and the recording of her performance of Górecki’s Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs, she has most recently been heard collaborating with Kendrick Lamar on “Mother I Sober” from his 2022 record Mr Morale & the Big Steppers.

Gibbons will celebrate the release of her debut album with tour across the UK and Europe from May to June. Tickets go on sale Friday 16th February via www.bethgibbons.net

Listen to 'Floating On A Moment' on Spotify below.