How do you prepare for one almighty run of tour dates across the UK and Europe? If you’re Louis Baker, by dropping a meditative new EP.
The soul artist has today released Medicine, a five-track collection that reminds both Baker and his listeners that music is the ultimate remedy, connecting us with the world.
Accompanying the release of Medicine is an uplifting music video for the title track, which you can watch below. Directed by Tom Grut, the clip features dancers Ollie Carruthers and Helena May bringing the title track to visual life.
Medicine is Baker’s third EP offering, as well as his first as a sole producer. It features standout track “Been and Gone,” which earned a place in the APRA Silver Scrolls Top 20.
Baker’s EP drop arrives ahead of a busy period of touring. He’ll perform a special hometown show in Wellington on Saturday, October 5th, accompanied by his full band as they celebrate Medicine and play fan favourites from Baker’s previous records (tickets available here).
Following his Wellington show, Baker will return to the UK and Europe in November and December to support Fat Freddy’s Drop on their headline tour.
The iconic Kiwi band previously brought Baker with them on their UK and European summer tour in 2023, when they played 19 shows across nine countries in just four weeks. Baker documented the tour with the FFD crew for Rolling Stone AU/NZ – check out his tour diary here.
We also recently caught up with Baker to discuss the soundtrack for the Aotearoa film Ka Whawhai Tonu – Struggle Without End, with the musician telling of his pride at being involved in such a big project.
“I wanted to really understand the meaning behind it so the first thing I did was inform myself further about the battle of Ōrākau. This allowed me to dig deeper into the feeling and emotion that I wanted to convey in the vocal to serve the song and film, ” he said.
“[We] recorded the vocals that we felt gave the film the most emotion to the story. It’s a huge honour to be a part of this kaupapa. I hope this film travels far and wide so that more Māori feature films and stories, told by Māori, can be made.”
Louis Baker’s Medicine EP is out now.
