BILLY MORRISON SHARES THE COMPELLING VIDEO FOR “DROWNING,” THE FIRST SINGLE FROM HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM
THE FIRST SINGLE FROM HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM ‘THE MORRISON PROJECT,’ OUT APRIL 19
ON TLG/VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP
PRE-SAVE THE SINGLE HERE
BILLY MORRISON has shared the compelling video for “Drowning,” the first single from his new solo album THE MORRISON PROJECT out April 19 via TLG/VIRGIN MUSIC GROUP. Watch the video, which illustrates the soul-destroying effects of information overload, HERE and pre-save the single, out this Friday (February 23), HERE.
The British guitarist, singer, and songwriter—primarily known as Billy Idol’s rhythm guitar player for the past 15 years alongside lead guitarist Steve Stevens—says, “I drove everyone crazy with this video. First thing I said was ‘we need underwater videography because I’m going to fall into a deep swimming pool with 20lbs of weights attached. So I sink like a stone. I want you to film it! Once I had them on board with that,” he adds, “I threw in ‘oh, and we need to rent three huge cockroaches which are going to crawl all over my face’—I’m sure they all think I’m crazy, but that sense of unease in the video captures the essence of the song. Information overload. We all feel it!” The video was premiered yesterday (February 20) via Heavy Consequence which noted that the “hard-rocking tune is powered by a heavy guitar riff and Morrison’s punk-ish vocal delivery.”
Directed by Devin Szell, produced by Blue Chair Productions, and shot in Los Angeles, the “Drowning” video is “gritty, fast-paced and hectic—an attempt to illustrate what my head felt like at the time,” explains MORRISON. “I had reached a point two or three years ago where the information flow was so constant, so extreme and so polarizing to me that I couldn’t take it all in. Too much news, too many pundits and opinionated idiots. I felt like I was drowning in negativity. My previous solution was to numb out, get loaded, feel nothing, so this time I wrote the song as a cathartic way of dealing with what I was feeling at the time.”
For THE MORRISON PROJECT—his third solo album and first since 2015—he has assembled an electrifying 12 songs including guest performances by Ozzy Osbourne, Billy Idol, DMC, Al Jourgensen, Steve Vai, Steve Stevens, Linda Perry, Tommy Clufetos, John5, and more. See the track listing below.
THE MORRISON PROJECT was produced by Billy Morrison, mixed by Barry Pointer, and mastered by Dave Donnelly. All the songs on the album—recorded in Los Angeles at various studios—were written by Billy Morrison in collaboration with his guests. Read the album announcement HERE.
How did THE MORRISON PROJECT come together? “I truly believe that making music without any preconceptions or goals yields the most creative and enjoyable results. And that is exactly how this record came to life. Making music with Erik (Eldenius) and Jeordie (White) during Covid, and mixing different musical styles started my journey towards this collection of songs that ended up featuring a lot of my friends.”