BVDLVD announces new album ABSENCE: “I need to say ‘f*ck the box’ and craft my own”

Rising star BVDLVD (pronounced ‘bad lad’) has just announced details of his new album ABSENCE.

The 22-year-old explains that the record – which is due out on September 29 via Earache – “really is what it says on the tin”. “I’ve been missing,” he begins, honestly. “Finding my inner self post-COVID, dealing with substance abuse, coming to realise I’ve got severe anxiety and all of the faff a 22-year-old man has to deal with as a fresh adult in a dismal society. And all while somehow trying to maintain this ‘Bad Lad’ persona. I’m a self-taught college drop-out who failed his music GCSEs, so I’m always looking to prove how far I can take my music, despite being ‘ill-equipped’ in terms of what the British education system says I need to make it far in music.”

Detailing how this all has fed into ABSENCE, BVDLVD continues that he “really wanted to get my head down and focus on some of the core aspects of the art to elevate it to the next level. Progression is always a priority, so I’ve taken a super in-depth look at my mixing, mastering, vocal performance and, ultimately, becoming the process rather than fighting with it. That is, learning to live and breathe the music.

“I feel like I'm in the process of making a much-needed leap in my music,” he adds. “There’s never really been a box that I’ve felt that I fit into. So I think I need to say ‘fuck the box’ and craft my own. The art will guide me as I guide it. Throughout the process of creating ABSENCE, I have become the music. I think in music and I actively search for art with every step that I take.”

To coincide with the announcement BVDLVD has also dropped a new single and video, INEVITABLE. Check that out below:

See the full ABSENCE tracklist:

1. NO ONE CARES (INTRO)
2. INEVITABLE
3. TIME WILL TELL (feat. PEZZHEAD)
4. NUMB
5. HOME
6. WHO AM I?
7. TABLE CLOTH (feat. Biv)
8. AISLE 13
9. NON-EXISTENT (feat. DEXNDRE)
10. PANIC ATTACK
11. AVODLOM (feat. BLCKK)
12. FORGET ME NOT (feat. FREDDY)
13. BORED
14. GET THIS FAR
15. HAPPY DEATH (feat. PROP)
16. PRISON

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