Following the release of new album Familia, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has announced she will release new single Crystallise on 28th October, via EBGB’s/Red Essential. She has also announced a UK 2017 tour, tickets for which will go on sale this Friday at midday.
Familia, which was released last week charting at #12, is Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s sixth studio album and follows her #4 charting and silver certified album Wanderlust, which marked a critically acclaimed change in musical direction for Sophie. Following suit with her last record, Familia was also co-written, produced and arranged by acclaimed singer-songwriter and good friend Ed Harcourt and was recorded in London with a close-knit group of musician friends.
Discussing her new album as “the bolshier, more extrovert little sister to Wanderlust”, Familia was introduced by the Radio 2 A-List track Come With Us, which is an instant disco-pop anthem. Second single Crystallise offers a different glimpse into Familia and is a romantic track that opens with a soft tempo before building into an impactful string laden, emotive chorus.
Sophie says;
“Everyone has the potential to fall in love and Crystallise is about how easy it is to realise it if you let yourself. The ability to love has been there since the day you were born.”
Familia features 11-tracks, which continue to showcase Sophie’s newfound lyrical and musical maturity, from the beautiful and emotive Unrequited to the synth-laded ballad Death Of Love and the alt-pop buoyant opener Wild Forever. The full tracklisting is as follows:
Wild Forever
Death Of Love
Crystallise
Hush Little Voices
Here Comes The Rapture
Come With Us
Cassandra
My Puppet Heart
Unrequited
The Saddest Happiness
Don’t Shy Away
After a busy live circuit around Wanderlust with packed out festival performances and sold out headline tours, which garnered a host of rave live reviews, Sophie launched Familia with a one-off intimate London show at Bush Hall last week. She has now announced a UK tour in February and March 2017, kicking off in Norwich on 16th February and culminating at London’s Koko on 1st March. Full dates are below:
February 2017:
Thurs 16th – Norwich – Waterfront
Fri 17th – Birmingham – O2 Institute 2
Sat 18th – Gateshead – The Sage
Mon 20th – Edinburgh – Queen’s Hall
Tues 21st – Inverness – Ironworks
Thurs 23rd – Manchester – Gorilla
Fri 24th – Holmfirth – Picture House
Sat 25th – Portsmouth – Wedgewood Rooms
Mon 27th – Brighton – Concorde 2
Tues 28th – Bristol – Trinity
March 2017
Wed 1st – London – Koko
Tickets are on-sale from 12pm on Friday 16th September priced at Regional £20.50 adv / London £23.50 adv (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
