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'Sugaring Season' out October 1st

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Last Edited by: Nuno Saque Ferreira July 13th, 2012.

Beth Orton will release Sugaring Season, her first album in six years and herAnti- Records debut, on October 1. Recorded in Portland, Oregon, with producer Tucker Martine, the album bears the fruits of a period of introspection & renewal: deeply lyrical songwriting, a newfound expressivity of voice, and, more than ever before, a daring synthesis of her broad musical influences into a powerfully individual artistic vision. "I stretched myself as a singer on this record and used voices I never have before as a writer," she explains."A lot of the writing on this record happened in the dead of night, when spiders mend their webs, with an infant asleep in the next room... as a result, my writing became a secret again: illicit and my own."

Watch // 'Something Beautiful'


For Sugaring Season, Orton and Martine have brought together a dream band of new and old friends: keyboardist Rob Burger, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, and legendary jazz drummer Brian Blade, along with guitarists Marc Ribot and Ted Barnes and folksinger Sam Amidon. The album was recorded predominantly live on the floor as the band reflected and internalized Beth's inspirations, from Roberta Flack's First Take album to Pentangle's folk-jazz collisions. The songs range across styles from deeply soulful to effortless and breezy, with open-tuned guitars, pensive pianos, and modal grooves underpinning her emotional weathervane of a voice.

While Orton has shifted away from the electronic textures that dominated her early work, her music is still built upon an implicit groove, even if it emanates from her acoustic guitar rather than from a sequencer. "It may not be a 'dance' beat," she says, "but it's definitely there and it's earthed and primal and insistent."

Beth Orton will be touring in UK and Ireland in November and December this year. For a full list of dates, see below.

'Sugaring Season' Tracklist
1. Magpie
2. Dawn Chorus
3. Candles
4. Something More Beautiful
5. Call Me The Breeze
6. See Through Blue
7. Poison Tree
8. Last Leaves of Autumn
9. State Of Grace
10. Myster

Beth Orton Tour Dates
  • Sunday, November 25 - Leamington Spa - Assembly Rooms
  • Monday, November 26 - Birmingham - Glee Club
  • Tuesday, November 27 - Sheffield - Memorial Hall
  • Thursday, November 29 - Ashford Kent - St. Mary's Church
  • Friday, November 30 - Brighton - St Georges Church
  • Sunday, December 2 - Norwich - Arts Centre
  • Monday, December 3 - Milton Keynes - The Stables
  • Wednesday, December 5 - London - Union Chapel
  • Thursday, December 6 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms
  • Friday, December 7 - Bristol – Thekla
  • Sunday, December 9 - Manchester – RHCM
  • Monday, December 10 - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms
  • Tuesday, December 11 - Cardiff - Glee Club
  • Thursday, December 13 - Glasgow - Oran Mor
  • Friday, December 14 - Dublin (IE) - Pepper Canister Church

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