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Tracey Thorn (EBTG)
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Tracey Thorn on songwriting and singing
Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn talks about going solo and who she writes her songs about.
The singer songwriter took time out from Everything But the Girl to have a family with band member and partner Ben Watt. The successful duo were best remembered for their hit Missing.
She spoke to BBC Breakfast about who she writes her songs about now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10225558.stm
Everything but the Girl singer Tracey Thorn talks about going solo and who she writes her songs about.
The singer songwriter took time out from Everything But the Girl to have a family with band member and partner Ben Watt. The successful duo were best remembered for their hit Missing.
She spoke to BBC Breakfast about who she writes her songs about now.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10225558.stm
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Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn has a voice that is lush and haunting, while also understated and relatable. It's such a touching instrument that it barely needs accompaniment. Thorn's third solo album, "Love and Its Opposite," honors her vocals with arrangements that are beautifully minimalist. The 10 tracks are meditations on the many phases and life stages of love and lovers, beginning with wistful stunner "Oh, the Divorces!" On the track, Thorn reflects on the relationships collapsing around her and how they reflect upon her own. A married woman looks elsewhere for intimacy on the poignant "Singles Bar," while "Hormones" playfully muses on anxiety and unpredictability. And album closer "Swimming" is a gorgeous, dreamy and hopeful lament about the end of an affair. Throughout, restrained lines of guitar, synth and strings construct sultry noir beats and flowing harmonies that nimbly support Thorn's narratives. Everything but the Girl fans might miss the duo's dancey leanings, but Thorn proves that her voice is enough to transcend genre preferences. --Evie Nagy
http://www.billboard.com/#/new-releases/tracey-thorn-love-and-its-opposite-1004097618.story
Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn has a voice that is lush and haunting, while also understated and relatable. It's such a touching instrument that it barely needs accompaniment. Thorn's third solo album, "Love and Its Opposite," honors her vocals with arrangements that are beautifully minimalist. The 10 tracks are meditations on the many phases and life stages of love and lovers, beginning with wistful stunner "Oh, the Divorces!" On the track, Thorn reflects on the relationships collapsing around her and how they reflect upon her own. A married woman looks elsewhere for intimacy on the poignant "Singles Bar," while "Hormones" playfully muses on anxiety and unpredictability. And album closer "Swimming" is a gorgeous, dreamy and hopeful lament about the end of an affair. Throughout, restrained lines of guitar, synth and strings construct sultry noir beats and flowing harmonies that nimbly support Thorn's narratives. Everything but the Girl fans might miss the duo's dancey leanings, but Thorn proves that her voice is enough to transcend genre preferences. --Evie Nagy
http://www.billboard.com/#/new-releases/tracey-thorn-love-and-its-opposite-1004097618.story
a new EP in august - experimental remixes of 3 tracks from 'Love And Its Opposite'. lovely, woozy, leftfield reworks by seth troxler, WALLS and blue daisy. a new slant on things. will be called the 'opposites EP'.
TRACEY THORN // FREE DOWNLOAD // 'KENTISH TOWN' (WALLS REMIX)
Tracey's acclaimed current album Love And Its Opposite presents a singer-songwriter at the height of her powers: unadorned, direct and honest. But with a dance background as strong as that shared by her and Strange Feeling label boss Ben Watt (her longtime Everything But The Girl partner), the urge to remix and reinterpret is ever-present. And so, she releases Opposites, an EP of experimental remixes of tracks (plus their original versions) from 'Love And Its Opposite', available digitally from 23 August. The three deliberately oblique reinterpretations throw a new sidelight on the material, which in its current form is going down a storm on both sides of the Atlantic, scoring a place in Spin.com's Top 20 Albums of 2010 So Far and hitting lucky number 13 in the 'Amazon Editors' List Of Best Of 2010 So Far'
We're offering one of those remixes for FREE here up front of release - Kentish Town (WALLS Remix)
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/kentish-town-walls-remix.html
Kompakt's WALLS are Sam Willis (from influential electronic music blog, Allez- Allez) and Alessio Natalizia (Banjo or Freakout). Their recent debut album has been one of the year's sleeper hits. Mixing the same influences that pepper the album, their rework of Kentish Town is a woozy, blissed-out dream, part Krautrock, part Eno ambience
Tracey's acclaimed current album Love And Its Opposite presents a singer-songwriter at the height of her powers: unadorned, direct and honest. But with a dance background as strong as that shared by her and Strange Feeling label boss Ben Watt (her longtime Everything But The Girl partner), the urge to remix and reinterpret is ever-present. And so, she releases Opposites, an EP of experimental remixes of tracks (plus their original versions) from 'Love And Its Opposite', available digitally from 23 August. The three deliberately oblique reinterpretations throw a new sidelight on the material, which in its current form is going down a storm on both sides of the Atlantic, scoring a place in Spin.com's Top 20 Albums of 2010 So Far and hitting lucky number 13 in the 'Amazon Editors' List Of Best Of 2010 So Far'
We're offering one of those remixes for FREE here up front of release - Kentish Town (WALLS Remix)
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/kentish-town-walls-remix.html
Kompakt's WALLS are Sam Willis (from influential electronic music blog, Allez- Allez) and Alessio Natalizia (Banjo or Freakout). Their recent debut album has been one of the year's sleeper hits. Mixing the same influences that pepper the album, their rework of Kentish Town is a woozy, blissed-out dream, part Krautrock, part Eno ambience
Tracey Thorn's album 'Love And Its Opposite' came out on Monday May 17 2010. Recently featured in several best-of-year round-ups including Spin and The Guardian's Alexis Petridis, here is a chance to preview all the tracks, plus links to places you can buy the album and bonus tracks.
REVIEWS
'This is adult pop in the best sense: reflective, compassionate, drily witty' / THE WORD
'Absolutely fantastic. A really, really brilliant record' / ALEXIS PETRIDIS, THE GUARDIAN MUSIC PODCAST
'What hooks you in, now, as ever, is that voice' * * * * / MOJO
'A grown-up record that is never boring ... powerful and poignant' / GARETH GRUNDY, THE OBSERVER
'Thorn's voice ... brings each song to genuine life and invests it with heart-snagging emotion' * * * * / THE GUARDIAN
'Each song is a stealth bomb of tender poignancy' * * * * / THE INDEPENDENT
'Smart, sophisticated and well-worth investigating' / CLASH
'Thorn tackles divorce, kids and singledom with elegant incisiveness ... this is brooding at its most compelling.' / ATTITUDE
'A real grown-up gem' * * * * / THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Invoked by the XX as the godmother of UK indie' * * * * / UNCUT
'Searing honesty, bleak humour and a voice that has improved with age. An album of inspired adult-pop' * * * * / DAILY MAIL
'Lyrically it's about as good as it gets' / DAILY EXPRESS
'Starkly beautiful. Cool, contemporary and proof that age hasn't diminuished a special talent' * * * * ½ / THE SUN
'Often sad, yet always warmly sympathetic it is a well-weighted, smartly observed collection' / Q
'Thorn's best work since Everything But The Girl. Give her another couple of years and she could well be eligible for national treasure status' * * * * / MUSICOMH.COM
'A pathos-filled electro-folk stunner' / ANDY GENSLER, NEW YORK TIMES
'Hands-down one of the best releases of 2010' / THE AWL
'Love And Its Opposite' resides firmly in the current moment. The album also draws a line toward Nashville. Thorn would surely consider it an honor to stand among several gernerations of country stars - male and female - who have proved that there's more to ageing gracefully than showing off a hard body and a feline heart. With 'Love And Its Opposite', she earns that place. / ANN POWERS, LA TIMES
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/ecards/loveanditsopposite_order.html
REVIEWS
'This is adult pop in the best sense: reflective, compassionate, drily witty' / THE WORD
'Absolutely fantastic. A really, really brilliant record' / ALEXIS PETRIDIS, THE GUARDIAN MUSIC PODCAST
'What hooks you in, now, as ever, is that voice' * * * * / MOJO
'A grown-up record that is never boring ... powerful and poignant' / GARETH GRUNDY, THE OBSERVER
'Thorn's voice ... brings each song to genuine life and invests it with heart-snagging emotion' * * * * / THE GUARDIAN
'Each song is a stealth bomb of tender poignancy' * * * * / THE INDEPENDENT
'Smart, sophisticated and well-worth investigating' / CLASH
'Thorn tackles divorce, kids and singledom with elegant incisiveness ... this is brooding at its most compelling.' / ATTITUDE
'A real grown-up gem' * * * * / THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Invoked by the XX as the godmother of UK indie' * * * * / UNCUT
'Searing honesty, bleak humour and a voice that has improved with age. An album of inspired adult-pop' * * * * / DAILY MAIL
'Lyrically it's about as good as it gets' / DAILY EXPRESS
'Starkly beautiful. Cool, contemporary and proof that age hasn't diminuished a special talent' * * * * ½ / THE SUN
'Often sad, yet always warmly sympathetic it is a well-weighted, smartly observed collection' / Q
'Thorn's best work since Everything But The Girl. Give her another couple of years and she could well be eligible for national treasure status' * * * * / MUSICOMH.COM
'A pathos-filled electro-folk stunner' / ANDY GENSLER, NEW YORK TIMES
'Hands-down one of the best releases of 2010' / THE AWL
'Love And Its Opposite' resides firmly in the current moment. The album also draws a line toward Nashville. Thorn would surely consider it an honor to stand among several gernerations of country stars - male and female - who have proved that there's more to ageing gracefully than showing off a hard body and a feline heart. With 'Love And Its Opposite', she earns that place. / ANN POWERS, LA TIMES
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/ecards/loveanditsopposite_order.html
TRACEY THORN'S CHRISTMAS STOCKING // FREE DOWNLOAD //
Brand new song, unreleased movie and personal photo
As a thankyou for all the love and attention paid to her album this year, Love And Its Opposite, Tracey Thorn shins down the chimney to deliver a FREE downloadable Christmas stocking to warm your winter fireside.
Inside, and yours to keep, you'll find a brand new cover version of Sufjan Stevens' seasonal classic, 'Sister Winter' recorded in Berlin with producer Ewan Pearson, plus a filmed live-at-home performance of 'Singles Bar' (from her current album 'Love And Its Opposite') featuring Ewan on keyboards and Tracey's partner, Ben Watt on electric guitar. In addition there is a personal photo of Tracey snapped by Ben in Brooklyn during her promo trip to New York in April this year.
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/ecards/christmasstocking.html
Brand new song, unreleased movie and personal photo
As a thankyou for all the love and attention paid to her album this year, Love And Its Opposite, Tracey Thorn shins down the chimney to deliver a FREE downloadable Christmas stocking to warm your winter fireside.
Inside, and yours to keep, you'll find a brand new cover version of Sufjan Stevens' seasonal classic, 'Sister Winter' recorded in Berlin with producer Ewan Pearson, plus a filmed live-at-home performance of 'Singles Bar' (from her current album 'Love And Its Opposite') featuring Ewan on keyboards and Tracey's partner, Ben Watt on electric guitar. In addition there is a personal photo of Tracey snapped by Ben in Brooklyn during her promo trip to New York in April this year.
http://www.strangefeelingrecords.com/ecards/christmasstocking.html
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Tracey Thorn is celebrating Record Store Day 2011 on April 16, by releasing a 10" vinyl EP. A-side is a remix of "You are a lover" by Clock Opera. B-side has the original version PLUS my Xmas free download 'Sister Winter' now on vinyl for the first time. If you can't get a copy from a local indie store we will have some online with international shipping. There will also be an MP3 download a few days later on iTunes etc.
on October 31st Tracey Thorn will release a new EP. Title track is a cover of The xx's "Night Time". The band asked her to record it for an album of various people covering their songs. The album never got completed, so they are releasing the track on Strange Feeling records. It has Ben Watt on guitar! New remixes of Swimming on the B-side.
Tracey Thorn / 'The Making Of Tinsel And Lights' (Trailer)
A look behind the scenes at the making of Tracey Thorn's Christmas and winter album, 'Tinsel and Lights'. (Trailer). The full mini-documentary with extended interview with Tracey will be available soon. Order the album - http:********/Qay1d6
A look behind the scenes at the making of Tracey Thorn's Christmas and winter album, 'Tinsel and Lights'. (Trailer). The full mini-documentary with extended interview with Tracey will be available soon. Order the album - http:********/Qay1d6
Tracey Thorn in conversation with Leeds Beckett’s senior lecturer in Media and Culture, Dr Peter Mills.
Tracey formed the band Everything But The Girl whilst studying at the University of Hull in 1982 with her partner – now husband – Ben Watt. They released nine albums between 1984-99 and found global success with the single ‘Missing’. She has also issued four solo albums and is currently carving out a new career as an author, publishing her memoir ‘Bedsit Disco Queen’ in 2013.
The Brits are so polite these days. One reason? There’s no bands left
It used to feel like a school canteen full of rival gangs - now it's a civilised dining room.
In short, nothing happens. Almost nothing. With my Mum-face on I think that Paloma Faith holding a microphone in the pouring rain is a health and safety nightmare, but it turns out that the accident waiting to happen is an unforeseen one, involving stairs, a cape and a dancing bull. Madonna falls over, giving the evening its longed-for news angle. Seated only yards from the stage I hear the crash as she goes down, most shocking of all being the heavy ker-THUMP of her mic hitting the floor. Golly, I think, that mic’s actually on. Not a given nowadays – and quite a thrill.
What is most remarkable though, and confirms everything I’ve ever thought about the indestructible will-to-power of Stars, is her recovery. Have you ever fallen flat on your back? I have once, on the slippery decking outside my back door, and on landing whiplashed and winded did what you would do, and burst into tears of self-pity. Which is why I’m not a global superstar with a decades-spanning career, and neither are you.
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture...e-these-days-one-reason-there-s-no-bands-left
It used to feel like a school canteen full of rival gangs - now it's a civilised dining room.
In short, nothing happens. Almost nothing. With my Mum-face on I think that Paloma Faith holding a microphone in the pouring rain is a health and safety nightmare, but it turns out that the accident waiting to happen is an unforeseen one, involving stairs, a cape and a dancing bull. Madonna falls over, giving the evening its longed-for news angle. Seated only yards from the stage I hear the crash as she goes down, most shocking of all being the heavy ker-THUMP of her mic hitting the floor. Golly, I think, that mic’s actually on. Not a given nowadays – and quite a thrill.
What is most remarkable though, and confirms everything I’ve ever thought about the indestructible will-to-power of Stars, is her recovery. Have you ever fallen flat on your back? I have once, on the slippery decking outside my back door, and on landing whiplashed and winded did what you would do, and burst into tears of self-pity. Which is why I’m not a global superstar with a decades-spanning career, and neither are you.
http://www.newstatesman.com/culture...e-these-days-one-reason-there-s-no-bands-left