Delaney Davidson has shared the first single, “Baby Heavyweight”, off his upcoming 11th album by the same name out June 26th.

The video for the song was co-directed by Martin Sagadin and Delaney Davidson.

Delaney shared this about the song: “This song came from seeing small things triumph over big things with nothing but attitude. The terrier going all out on the bigger dog. Watching something make it on sheer grit.Someone fighting for everything versus someone who has everything…and still falling behind. started seeing it everywhere.”

This was shared about the album via a press release: “”Baby Heavyweight”, the title track from Delaney Davidson’s 11th solo album was born in a kitchen in Switzerland. Somewhat more groovy than his previous releases, this is the second album he has made with Merk (Mark Perkins). Building on the smooth depth of the previous album “Out Of My Head”, and taking it into a new realm of story telling and emotive music.

Delaney pitches himself headlong into the realm of shaman and trickster, taking tapa cloth he masks his identity for the ritual of dance and surrender. Juxtaposing with innocence masquerading as bravado he weaves an insect chrysalis performance around the repetitive trance vocal. An invitation to let go and be in the moment. Leave the fear behind and move.

The theme of Lucifer seeking his own redemption through recontextualising his past, is the strongly themed undercurrent that weaves Baby Heavyweights 13 songs together. Collapsing roles as quickly as they are introduced the albums fluidity and movement is at times cathartic and others polemic. Universal concepts such as coming to terms with the roles we have been cast, learning to see our own trials as heroic, accepting love and surrendering the anger that masks the pain, are abundant.”