Sheffield’s Jim Ghedi has shared a new single entitled ‘Sheaf & Field’ taken from his new album in four years ‘Wasteland’ due out on the 21st of February via Basin Rock.
On his new album ‘Wasteland’, Jim Ghedi has created something huge. Intense, brooding, bold, at times apocalyptic, and remarkably vast. A profoundly bold sonic statement that is some of the most rich, far-reaching and ambitious work that Ghedi has created to date – pushing the boundaries of what what folk music can be in 2025. It features members of Lankum, Landless and Cinder Well.
‘Wasteland’ is a record that is unafraid to plunge into the darkness of the modern world and embrace the weirder, edgier and more unnerving moments that come from doing so. It is an album that captures all the enormity of life from the micro to the macro, zooming in on the personal as well reflecting on broader societal issues.
“Wasteland is about the idea of a place once known or familiar that is now broken down and unrecognisable,” says Ghedi. “It’s about exploring the process of watching someone’s surroundings and environment collapse.”
On new single ‘Sheaf & Field’, Ghedi has pushed himself sonically more than ever before; he describes it as:
“An hallucinatory intoxicated dance with death, crazed manically running through folk mythology, apocalyptic collapse, alcohol fuelled dreams, barren empty moorlands and impending doom.”
The decision to incorporate more fuller sounds, such as electric guitar and huge drums, results in a notable shift and evolution in tone for Ghedi.
“The lyrical content needed something more band-driven and loud to deliver them,” he explains.
“Incorporating the electric guitar in my songwriting was also a big part of opening the sound up, using drop tunings pushed me to use my voice in a wider range, which forced me to use falsetto a lot which I haven’t previously done before. That then opened the sound up and gave me creative ideas for bigger arrangements and to sonically really push things.”
Check it out, here
Pre-order via Bandcamp or Basin Rock Records
Read our review of his previous album ‘In The Furrows Of Common Place’ here
March Tour dates:
- 4 Mar – Leeds @ The Attic
- 5 Mar – Birmingham @ Hare & Hounds
- 6 Mar – Sheffield @ Sidney and Matilda
- 7 Mar – Manchester @ Gullivers
- 10 Mar – Brighton @ DUST
- 11 Mar – London @ Moth Club
- 12 Mar – Oxford @ Common Ground
- 14 Mar – Bristol @ Rough Trade
- 15 Mar – Falmouth @ Church of King Charles the Martyr
Tickets: https://www.jimghedi.com/tour
