Imelda May's 'Black Tears' Video Premieres at Four Oh Five

The album, May's first new music in three years, is due April 7 via Verve Records. The record is receiving early rave reviews in the U.K. from the Evening Standard, The Mirror, the Daily Telegraph and more. Of the new video, May explains, "I've recorded in Maida Vale a few times and always loved the atmosphere, the history in the walls and the almost industrial look of it...I asked for simple lighting, good sound and not much else. I was a little nervous with the thoughts of it but as soon as [we] started I was immersed in the music and reliving every moment that I wrote about."

Additionally, W Magazine recently premiered the video for the album's first single, "Call Me," hailing the track as a "sweet, spare lament," while the Daily Mail called it "stylish and extremely moving." Watch/share the video HERE. May also recently performed "Black Tears" on "Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny" on New Year's Eve, which can be viewed/shared HERE. May's performance was the most-watched segment of the evening with 300,000 + YouTube views to date, plus it is the second most viewed video on the BBC Music YouTube Channel since October.

May is set to perform industry showcases at New York's Cutting Room on March 7 and Los Angeles' Teragram Ballroom and Thom Thom Club on March 9.

Produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett, the new album marks a new direction for May who recently ended her marriage of eighteen years, making Life, Love, Flesh, Blood her most autobiographical record to date. The album features contributions from guitar hero Jeff Beck and piano maestro Jools Holland, as well as an accomplished group of backing musicians including the core trio of guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), drummer Jay Bellerose (Elton John & Leon Russell, Ray Lamontagne) and bassist Zach Dawes (The Last Shadow Puppets, Mini Mansions), the same band that recorded Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand.

Her previous records have seen success both in the U.S. as well as in Europe. The Los Angeles Times commented on her previous work, "Ireland-born Imelda May's career is fostered by paying homage to legends like Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash and, more importantly, furthering rockabilly's cross-pollination into New Orleans jazz, delta blues and amp-splitting punk aggression." May's 2010 album Mayhem went Platinum in Ireland and Gold in the U.K., along with numerous TV performances on "Later...With Jools Holland," "Conan," and an impressive four performances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," to name a few

Artwork photo credit: Max Dodson