American singer-songwriter and actress Alison Sudol shares intimate new single ‘Peaches’.
Released ahead of her upcoming support dates with Goldfrapp at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 April, and a day before the UK release of ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore’, in which Alison reprises her role as Queenie Goldstein, ‘Peaches’ is the first single taken from Alison forthcoming album due later in the year.
Delivered with bare-bones songwriting, hushed vocals, ‘Peaches’ is a deeply personal paean to motherhood. The intricate, yet delicate arrangement – built through sparse guitars, drums, bass and synths – is skilfully constructed around Alison’s vocal harmonies, which carry her autobiographical tales with mature delivery and poetic undertones. The single gives us a first glimpse into Alison’s upcoming album, which she wrote, co-produced and recorded with London based multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer Chris Hyson, who is also half of adventurous collective Snowpoet in Wales at Giant Wafer Studios, during Summer 2020.
‘We came up with the foundation of ‘Peaches’ in the studio in Wales, sitting in the sun during an insane heat wave, looking out over sheep fields,’ says Alison. Opening about the inspiration behind the track, she unveils; ‘the framework of the song came almost immediately but the words were slow. Several months later, with a nearly finished record, ‘Peaches’ still had no lyrics. My partner and I were talking about trying again for a child after our loss. I kept dreaming of this little baby girl. The dreams were so vivid, so real it was like she was right there, but I had no idea if I could bring a child into the world. The dreams made me long for her so much it was dizzying, but painful too, knowing it might never happen. The lyrics finally came. Three weeks later our daughter was conceived.
Now based in London, Alison Sudol is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actress and video director. Having released 3 critically acclaimed albums under the moniker A Fine Frenzy (EMI) during which she toured with Rufus Wainwright and opened for The Stooges at SXSW. Making her comeback to music as Alison Sudol in 2018 she released two EPs, the ‘Moon’ and its follow up, ‘Moonlite’, both co-produced with Yard Act and Gruff Rhys‘ producer Ali Chant, and featuring Portishead‘s Clive Deamer and Adrian Utley and John Parish. In summer 2020 Alison wrote, co-produced and recorded her upcoming albumwith London based multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer Chris Hyson, who is also half of adventurous collective Snowpoet in Wales at Giant Wafer Studios. Her acting credits include the ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ franchise and critically acclaimed TV series ‘Transparent’ and ‘Dig’.
‘Peaches’ is the first single taken from Alison Sudol forthcoming album due later in the year.
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