Announces New Full-Length Album
Cinema To Be Released April 17
on Suah Sounds
Upcoming Tour Dates
Including LA, NYC, SXSW
Skylar
Gudasz has announced a new album
titled Cinema
to be released April 17
on Suah Sounds and
released its first single. NPR All Songs Considered
premiered “Actress” this morning,
highlighting the song as the only vocal piece in today’s episode. The acclaimed North Carolina songwriter
will tour this month and throughout the spring, including key plays in Los Angeles, New York City, and SXSW. Dates are detailed
below, more to be announced.
Skylar Gudasz a luminous voice and craftswoman of song, once deemed “the Joni Mitchell the South never had.” She recorded Cinema between the famed April Base in Eau Claire, WI, with Grammy-nominated producer Brad Cook (Bon Iver, The National, The War on Drugs, Waxahatchee), and in secret studios across the lush forests of the rich NC music scene with Jeff Crawford (Daughter of Swords), Ari Picker (Dante High, Lost in the Trees) and Missy Thangs (the Love Language). Skylar’s voice is one that immediately captivates, and here on Cinema, she’s as hypnotic as ever. But beneath this arresting prettiness, she’s sharpened the edge of her lyrical genius with gritty vitality and serrated sardonicism, delivering lines like “I’m as nice as a guillotine … I’m as nice as gasoline” with eerily gentle demeanor. Read the full album bio here.
Gudasz offered insight into Cinema‘s first single: “I wrote this song while living in LA, where I couldn’t stop imagining the secret lives and ambitions of every person I encountered. I have worked a lot in the service industry myself and was reckoning with the need for a day job that most performance professions require, and also how a day job is a performance in itself. I wanted to write the song that the bartender puts on after the last patron leaves, when your customer service mask goes away and who you are behind the facade of your job can come out.”
With only one album out to date, Gudasz has garnered support from major names including REM’s Mike Mills, Big Star’s Jody Stephens, Consequence of Sound, KCRW, WXPN, The Current and more. Her colorfully accomplished touring history reflects what a cherished songwriter she’s quickly become, having shared stages with Jackson Browne, The Mountain Goats, Superchunk, Television, Mandolin Orange, Mipso, Teenage Fanclub, Fruit Bats, and Robyn Hitchcock among others.
STREAM “ACTRESS” OFFICIAL AUDIO
TOUR DATES
February 27 | Santa Barbara, CA @ SoFar Santa Barbara
February 29 | Los Angeles, CA @ Wild Honey Foundation Benefit Concert with the Lovin’ Spoonful at the Alex Theatre
March 3 | Brooklyn, NY @ AdHoc Presents: Union Pool
March 21 | Austin, TX @ SXSW Official Showcase
April 21 | Columbia, SC @ The Senate w/ Hiss Golden Messenger
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