"Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk musician, is back after spending decades out of the spotlight. He just announced his first new album in 28 years; the appropriately titled Unfinished Business is out later this year on Demon Music Group. He's also shared the new song " Far Away," a piano ballad that leans into Siffre's soul influences, with a music video. Check it out below."
"Siffre took a sporadic approach to releasing music over the years, dropping six albums in a five-year span during the '70s, including his standout LP Crying Laughing Loving Lying, before retiring. However, he returned for brief stints in the '80s and '90s. His last records, the full-length album The Last Songs and the spoken-word poetry collection Monument, both came out in 1998."
"It seems the recent surge of renewed interest in Siffre's music, including licensing syncs in films like The Holdovers and Sentimental Value, may be to thank for his big comeback. In 2024, official YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok channels were finally launched for Siffre's music, as were new interviews and restored videos, as Stereogum points out. That following year, Demon Music Group released a Best Of collection gathering Siffre's work."
Labi Siffre, an 80-year-old British folk musician, announced Unfinished Business, his first album in 28 years, to be released later this year by Demon Music Group. He released the piano ballad "Far Away" with an accompanying music video. Siffre released six albums during the 1970s including Crying Laughing Loving Lying, then stepped back from frequent releases and later issued The Last Songs and the spoken-word collection Monument in 1998. He released a single in 2020, appeared in a 2022 BBC documentary featuring "Far Away," and performed with the BBC Radio Orchestra. Renewed interest from film syncs and restored online channels preceded a Best Of collection and renewed public activity.
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