Neo-soul visionary VC Pines shares atmospheric new track See You Soon.

Following his previous single Smoke Without Fire, released earlier this year, London-based VC Pines has now announced the details of his new EP, Concrete, out on May 26th. Tinged with nostalgia, the EP finds the artist in a pensive mood as he reflects on the events of the past year. He shares:

The ‘Concrete’ EP was written during and just after the nationwide lockdown we had last year so it was a period of time for me where I was really able to just stop for a second and think about where I am right now as a person and as an artist, and focus on the things I really yearn for – Where I want to be, the things I want to do and also to reflect on things that have happened in my life and conversations that have shaped me.

I get a lot of my inspiration for imagery and film, and had a lot of time to delve into that obviously… I tend to watch something or focus on an image and write to what I think fits, even if it’s a total juxtaposition to what I’m looking at (they’re often my favourites). I had this image developing in my head of London at night, towards the end of a night out, when nothing good for you tends to happen… This idea of stumbling round the street lamps and lying face down on the concrete hit me and that’s what I wanted to encapsulate with these songs, the image of London nightlife, following several themes of romance, nostalgia, paranoia and overthought, guilt and forgiveness. I think the fact that we were locked down, couldn’t go out and couldn’t see people really built this idea of busy London nightlife into a stronger visual in my head as a way to try and experience it and block out the cabin fever.

The new taste of the EP arrives with the new single See You Soon, the latest collaboration with Bad Sounds. With an R&B flavour added to the mix, the new track showcases VC Pines’ soulful vocals over a cloud of jazz-inspired instrumentals and blissful electronics. Radiating warmth and passion, See You Soon is a laid-back offering that further cements VC Pines’ neo-soul sound aesthetic.

Speaking on the new single, he explains:

‘See You Soon’ is about the various changes you see in people throughout an evening, and then the song evolves into the kind of afterparty you know you shouldn’t have gone to… It was wicked to work on this tune with Bad Sounds and really draw out different emotions and end up with loads of contrasting elements within the song. Inevitably, the song has that kind of conversation where you know you need to leave, but the person you came here with doesn’t want to, it makes you prang but the instrumentation sounds so inviting.