Shamir declares his first e-book, ‘However I am a Painter’

Shamir has introduced his debut e-book, However I’m a Painter, will arrive on August 27 by way of Bottlecap Press. The blended media chapbook, printed beneath his full identify Shamir Bailey, will characteristic essays written about work he’s created over the past six years.

“I began portray as a toddler earlier than I even picked up the guitar. Though music engulfed my life, portray was at all times my past love,” Bailey commented in an accompanying assertion.

“However I’m a Painter begins with me disillusioned after a rocky descent into the music trade, desperately looking for a artistic outlet that didn’t really feel instantly exploited.

“Rediscovering my love of portray helped me get in contact with my internal baby and granted me catharsis at instances when music and writing weren’t sufficient. However I’m a Painter chronicles my work and the tales behind them. It’s an perception into the thoughts of an artist who’s scrapbooking their life by way of a paintbrush.”

Again in March, Bailey contributed a canopy of Sharon Van Etten’s ‘Dsharpg’ as a part of the tenth anniversary version of Van Etten‘s album ‘Epic’. Again in June, it was introduced that he would be part of Courtney Barnett for a string of US reveals in early 2022.

Bailey launched his seventh studio album, the self-titled ‘Shamir’, in October of final yr. In a four-star overview, NME referred to as it a “vastly centered” and “jubilant” report.

“‘Shamir’ is the sound of a persistently evolving artist reclaiming their path and making the music they wish to make. His seventh, self-titled album is the sound of an artist who’s lastly discovered his musical dwelling.”