Song of the Day: Alabaster dePlume Don't Forget You're Precious

Alabaster dePlume released a new single and video Don't Forget You're Precious, from his forthcoming new album GOLD - Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love.

GOLD is the follow-up to Alabaster dePlume's widely-acclaimed, 2020-released cinematic instrumental LP To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1, introduces the world to the artist’s truest self. That is... though DePlume’s now known across the globe as the saxophonist who created that collection of wonderful, wordless music, he’s most known to fervent fans in his home zone of London, UK, as an outspoken poet and orator, beloved for his inspiring words of encouragement and sing-a-long-able songs about vulnerability, humanity, and courage.

The new album is an ambitious expansion of the sound of the previous record that keeps the warmth and love at the core intact. The care and thought that AD put into the creation of this music shines through in every moment, and the essay by Emma Warren that accompanies this PR is essential reading for understanding the process and ideas behind it. But, luckily for us, you don't need any of that to hear and be stirred by the music, which is just as surprising and stunning to me as To Cy & Lee.

Listen to Alabaster dePlume new single Don't Forget You're Precious, from his forthcoming new album GOLD - Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love:

Gus Fairbairn, aka Alabaster dePlume, has a pocketful of phrases that he uses all the time whether he’s walking down the street or holding court with musicians and an audience. For a long time the Mancunian would tell anyone who’d listen that they were doing very well. More recently, it’s another phrase which has a similar effect and which belies his unwavering commitment to personal vulnerability and collective politics: Don’t forget you’re precious.

Watch below video to Alabaster dePlume new single Don't Forget You're Precious, from his forthcoming new album GOLD - Go Forward in the Courage of Your Love: