photo by Giles Clement

There’s still more music to be shared from late singer Charles Bradley, who passed away in 2017, and the first of two new standalone posthumous singles, “Lonely As You Are,” is now available for streaming.

According to a statement, Bradley recorded the tune in late 2016, not long after his stomach cancer diagnosis: “Weakened by months of chemotherapy, facing a potentially life threatening surgery and confronting his own mortality, Bradley stepped into a home recording studio in Queens, NY and spontaneously created ‘Lonely as You Are.'”

The single, which can be heard below, also features Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers on acoustic guitar. Bradley’s strained vocals convey deep sadness along with a bit of hope for seeing his mother again in the afterlife, and the song closes with the singer saying, “I love you and this is from Charles Bradley. Hope this one day gets out to the world.”

A second single, “Lucifer” will be released on May 31.