Massive New Track From Mysterious Musician

Elusive musician Stillwater Blackball returns with the groovy synth-fuelled banger Flesh and Blood on 12 August. The track, which fuses p-funk vibes, Nile Rodgers guitars, and a huge chorus, takes an honest look at relationships in the online age.

“I got the idea when I found out my cousin’s life was falling apart around him, but online he made it look like he was living the dream,” Stillwater explains. “It made me feel this strange distance between us and made me realise how little we know about the people around us if everyone pretends they’re fine all the time. In the track I tried to cover the darker side of all that stuff, but dress it up as this big dancey synthy banger, to reflect that mindset of never admitting anything’s wrong.”

So who is Stillwater Blackball? Good question. We don’t really know, and it seems he likes it that way: “there’s so much noise today, so much you’ve got to do on top of just making music. It seems you have to sell yourself to sell your songs. That’s not me, I’m a quiet guy, so for a long time that held me back. Then I just decided to do it on my own terms”.

A touring musician by trade, Stillwater uses the time when he’s not on the road to hole himself up in his home studio and bring his own music to life, playing and producing everything himself. It was only when he sent Flesh and Blood off to be mastered by Chris Chetland at Kog Studio, NZ that anyone else heard it. It seems to be a winning formula for the up-and-coming musician, who has huge tracks behind him and a bright future ahead.

Flesh and Blood drops worldwide on August 12th 2022, followed by the video August 19th.