The album is out in September, but the track goes live tomorrow and can be added automatically to your Spotify playlists now.

 

A poignant and personal piano ballad about the effects of ageing – the story of a married couple dealing with the onset of dementia – its accompanying video was filmed at the beginning of lockdown and directed by David Lam and Hannah Thompson, the daughter of FISH’s long term collaborator and illustrator Mark Wilkinson. And the social distancing measures necessitated by lockdown, oddly mirrored the song's lyrical concerns.

 

The result is a tender promo for a heartbreaking song. The emotion even got to the singer himself at one point, as you'll see in the video.

 

FISH has spent the last five years of his life making Weltschmerz – the title means “a feeling of melancholy and world weariness” in German – in which time he lost his father, moved his 87 year old mother in with him, endured a series of operations and illness, and watched as the world seemed to collapse in front of his eyes. 

 

Buzz for Weltschmerz suggests that if this really is his final album, he's going out in style.

 

Weltschmerz is released on September 25. Pre-orders are been taken at FISH's own website.