Alt-R&B artist serpentwithfeet is launching the new year with a new project. The singer has announced GRIP SEQUEL, a deluxe edition of his 2024 album GRIP, will release Feb. 28 via Secretly Canadian.
GRIP SEQUEL will feature nine additional tracks, including six new compositions and three alternative versions of songs from GRIP. Among the added tracks are the lead single “Writhing in the Wind,” out today (Jan. 9), and a remix of the Ogi-assisted “Spades” featuring Destin Conrad.
Speaking on GRIP SEQUEL, the Baltimore native notes, “I had more so say. I had more questions about intimacy and this was a fun way to explore.”
On the self-penned and produced “Writhing in the Wind,” serpentwithfeet pleads for his partner to forgive him after causing pain. “I’m not who I was then / A mangled heart writhing in the wind / Can I kiss you / I wanna make amends,” he sings over a mellow, Baltimore Club-tinged beat.
Serpentwithfeet describes “Writhing in the Wind” as “the sound of a lover begging. He knows he messed up but desperately wants a second chance.”
As indicated above, serpentwithfeet released GRIP in February 2024. The 10-track album included the singles “Damn Gloves” featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Yanga YaYa and “Safe Word.”
“GRIP celebrates and fosters the spirit and magic of Black queer nightlife while also honoring the communities that are nurtured within the walls of these intimate spaces and the monumental impact that they have on the lives of many people on the margins,” explained serpentwithfeet.
GRIP marked the follow-up to his 2021 album, DEACON, which was later reissued with a five-track EP titled DEACON’s GROVE. The latter project featured Ambré and Alex Isley on the “Fellowship (Remix).”
Following DEACON’s GROVE, serpentwithfeet his Heart of Brick tour, a theatrical production that celebrated Black queer nightlife, where he performed music from the then forthcoming GRIP during the show.
Last year, serpent joined rapper-turned-flutist André 3000 as a supporting act on his New Blue Sun Live Tour.
Stream serpentwithfeet’s new song “Writhing in the Wind” and see the official tracklist for his GRIP SEQUEL below.
serpentwithfeet’s GRIP SEQUEL Tracklist
Disc One
1. Beg Quietly
2. Pillow Talk
3. Chapter & Vers
4. Seagull feat. Ben Reilly
5. Writhing in the Wind
6. Wanderer
7. Lucky Me (Strings) feat. Yuli
8. Spades (Remix) feat. Ogi & Destin Conrad
9. Damn Gloves (Baile Funk Remix) feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Azzy
Disc Two
1. Damn Gloves feat. Ty Dolla $ign and Yanga Yaya
2. Safe Word
3. Spades
4. Deep End
5. Rum / Throwback
6. Black Air Force feat. Mick Jenkins
7. Hummin’
8. Ellipsis feat. Orion Sun
9. Lucky Me
10. 1 to 10
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