New York City singer, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Miles Francis recently announced their new album Good Man (out March 4), along with title track “Good Man.”
Francis’ experiences during the project helped them come out as non-binary, resulting in works of gorgeous paradox: nuanced explorations of masculinity and all its trappings, presented in a sound that’s joyfully unfettered.
Today, Francis continues their story with the catchy synth-pop single & video for “Let Me Cry.”
They explain: “Everyone starts from the same place, regardless of gender. As children, we let our emotions go, uninhibited and in touch with our vulnerabilities. As we age, we go through a ‘boxing in’ by family or society – unless we can break out.” The one-shot video was totally improvised, mirroring Francis’ own struggle to access emotions, captured alongside the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The album pre-order for vinyl, cassette and digital is available starting today here.
Produced by Francis and recorded in their longtime studio (located in the basement of the Greenwich Village building they grew up in), Good Manarrives as the most visionary and elaborately realized output yet from a polymathic artist known for collaborating with the likes of Angélique Kidjo, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and Arcade Fire’s Will Butler.
“Everyone starts from the same place, regardless of gender. As children, we let our emotions go, uninhibited and in touch with our vulnerabilities. As we age, we go through a ‘boxing in’ by family or society – unless we can break out.”
MIles concludes.
