All the signs are there that ris­ing folk singer Luke James Williams’ upcom­ing album is going to be some­thing spe­cial. There has already been one release, Hol­lows and Branch­es, from the album so far and tonight Full Moon (out March 3rd) is unveiled… to coin­cide with the full moon – just to make it extra atmospheric.

There’s an appeal­ing raw hon­esty in Luke’s vocal deliv­ery that feels imme­di­ate and inti­mate while the instru­men­ta­tion is loaded with warmth. Yet there’s ten­sion in this track too, with a haunt­ing Kate Bush‑esque out­ro, a howl at the lunar vision as it exerts its pow­er over the Earth.

Indeed the track is a cau­tion­ary tale of greed. Luke explains: ‘Full Moon is about the dan­gers of not know­ing where to stop in our pur­suit of what we want. Glut­tony can lead peo­ple to do very stu­pid things that put them­selves and oth­ers in grave dan­ger. The hunter becomes the hunt­ed in this part fable, part cau­tion­ary tale.”

There’s an accom­pa­ny­ing video made by UK-based film­mak­er and pho­tog­ra­ph­er Matthew Oat­en fea­tur­ing two bal­let dancers in pur­suit around London’s Bar­bi­can. “When I lis­tened to Full Moon, I was struck by the sense of pur­suit run­ning through it — the idea of desire becom­ing preda­to­ry,” says Matthew. “I saw it as a reflec­tion on greed, com­pe­ti­tion and the futil­i­ty of cap­i­tal­ism, and want­ed the video to express those ideas phys­i­cal­ly. I’m grate­ful to Luke for trust­ing me to fol­low that instinct and cre­ate some­thing true to the song.”

Full Moon video pre­mieres at 8pm.

The track is from Luke’s sec­ond album Limes Hotel which is set for release April 17th. 

Tour dates are below:
Wednes­day 6th May — The Har­ri­son, Lon­don
Fri­day 8th May — Mary Street Live, Sheffield
Thurs­day 14th May — LTB Show­rooms, Coven­try
Fri­day 15th May — Wax and Beans, Bury
Fri­day 12th June — Junc­tion J3, Cam­bridge
Thurs­day 23rd July — South Mill Arts, Bish­ops Stortford

Luke James Williams Limes Hotel release date 17 April
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