Kevin Morby Shares ‘A Random Act Of Kindness’ Single

Kevin Morby released a new single, “A Random Act Of Kindness.” The song is set to land on the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album, This Is A Photograph, arriving on May 13 via Dead Oceans.

Morby announced This Is A Photograph in March and shared the title track. Photograph saw Kevin teaming back up with Sam Cohen who produced his previous record Sundowner. The singer-songwriter continued the Photograph rollout with “Rock Bottom” in late March and now follows with “A Random Act Of Kindness.”

Morby detailed the new single and his interesting approach to writing the lyrics:

In ‘A Random Act Of Kindness’ I set out to write a song where each line could be interpreted in two completely different ways,” explains Morby. “For example; when I sing the words ’out of trust…’ it could be heard as either I have lost my sense of trust in something or that I am committing an act with trust as my motive. It’s a song about the menacing nature of the sun rising during a dark time in one’s life only to further illuminate their pain and suffering – and how during these periods it is often the selfless acts of strangers that keeps a person going.

Sonically I am so proud and surprised by where we ended up with this one. Producer Sam Cohen and I had set out to make a sort of windows-down-mid-tempo-cruiser and somehow, with weeks of exploration, made a sonic rocket ship that shoots you out into outer space over the course of 4 minutes. Enjoy!

“A Random Act Of Kindness” arrived with a music video directed by Christopher Good. Watch it below: