Here’s how you can help musicians and artists who’ve been affected by the Los Angeles wildfires.

serpentwithfeet announces new project Grip Sequel

Hear “Writhing in the Wind,” the first singel from the follow-up to 2024’s Grip.

January 09, 2025
serpentwithfeet announces new project <i>Grip Sequel</I> serpentwithfeet. Photo via publicist  

ADVERTISEMENT

Last year, serpentwithfeet shared his album GRIP, a project with saw the experimental soul/R&B singer bring dancier textures into his music. On February 28 he'll share a follow-up via Secretly Canadian called Grip Sequel, a nine-track LP with six new songs and three reinterpretations of tracks from the first LP.

"Writhing in the Wind," the first single from Grip Sequel, is out today. A gentle club rhythm drives the song like a heartbeat as serpentwithfeet layers the riveting vocal melodies he's been creating since even before his 2018 FADER cover story. The track is “the sound of a lover begging," serpentwithfeet says in a press statement. "He knows he messed up but desperately wants a second chance.” Hear the song in its music video, streaming below.

Grip Sequel cover art
serpentwithfeet announces new project <i>Grip Sequel</I> Grip Sequel cover art  
serpentwithfeet announces new project Grip Sequel