John Cale Shares Atmospheric New Single ‘NOISE OF YOU’

John Cale released a new single, “NOISE OF YOU,” which arrived with a music video. The track is set to land on The Velvet Underground co-founder’s forthcoming solo album, Mercy, due out on January 20 via Double Six/Domino.

Mercy marks Cale’s first studio album of new original music since 2012’s Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood. Last year, Cale put out the singles “NIGHT CRAWLING” and “STORY OF BLOOD,” the latter featruing Weyes Blood. Other guests on the record include Sylvan Esso, Animal Collective, Laurel Halo and Actress.

The latest single, “NOISE OF YOU,” sees the legendary artist tackling the concept of love in his own way.

“I don’t tend to romanticize the idea of love,” Cale said. “It represents ‘need’ and that’s not something I’m particularly comfortable with. When it gets ahold of you though – don’t let go – no matter how many times you mess it up!”

“Noise Of You” arrived with a music video directed by ​​Pepi Ginsberg using rare and never before seen images of John Cale. Ginsberg detailed the visual:

“I was so inspired by John’s relationship to process and collaboration and wanted to mirror his approach to art in this video for NOISE OF YOU, which John describes as a love song. Setting out to make a ‘moving’ portrait of John, we have mapped images and video of John’s life over his former home of New York City, creating a conversation between past and present, reflecting the way that distant, and sometimes dissonant, voices can reach across divides of space and time to speak their own language of love.”

Watch the video for “NOISE OF YOU” below: