Violinist, singer, songwriter and producer Sudan Archives has released a video for her recent single “Confessions”. The closing section of the clip also debuts portions of a new song “Black Vivaldi Sonata”. Both tracks are from her impending debut full length Athena, out November 1st on Stones Throw, and the accompanying visuals expound on the album’s themes of duality. “Confessions, a female flip on classic rap music videos – resilient women surviving in a world that seems to be falling apart & ends with its alter ego Black Vivaldi, an ode to duality,” states Sudan. “It’s about being the seduced and the seductress, it’s about God & the Devil, Yin & Yang, & about the possibility that we might have it all wrong about the two.”
Director Nathan R. Smith (DRAM, Joey Bada$$, 2 Chainz) adds “We wanted to showcase female excellence in a unique and dynamic way. The world these women live in is aesthetically bleak but they bring beauty to it through their positive vibe and energy. I like to think of the women in the video as the angels that Sudan references in the pre-chorus. As the world around them is not very pretty and begins to fall apart towards the end, they maintain their confidence and are completely unfazed.”
Athena follows Sudan Archives’ debut EP Sudan Archives (2017) and the Sink EP (2018), whichgarnered wide acclaim from NPR Music, The Guardian, Pitchfork and The New York Times, among others. For the album Sudan Archives worked with a cast of musicians including producers Washed Out, Paul White (Danny Brown, Charli XCX), and Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, Sampha, Adele). The result of her opening up to collaboration is her most wide-ranging music to date; as she puts it, the EPs are “like a haiku of what the album is”. Athena is a powerful statement from a musician who has always resisted easy categorization.
Sudan Archives will play a number of headline shows in the US & Europe in November. See below for the full list of tour dates and ticket links, all on sale now.
PRE-ORDER/STREAM ATHENA
SUDAN ARCHIVES TOUR DATES
5 November – Los Angeles –Moroccan Lounge
7 November – New York –Public Records
9 November – Utrecht, NL –Le Guess Who? Festival
10 November – Brussels, BE –AB Club
12 November – Berlin, DE –Säalchen
13 November – Cologne, DE –CBE
14 November – Munich, DE –Rote Sonne
15 November – Geneva, CH –Festival Les Créatives
16 November – Paris, FR –Le Badaboum
19 November – London, UK – Corsica Studios – SOLD OUT
20 November – Stockholm, SE –Kraken
21 November – Gothenburg, SE –Oceanen
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