Alice Phoebe Lou releases first single from new album, announces international tour in support
Alice Phoebe Lou releases new single and video, “Something Holy,” from the highly anticipated new album, Paper Castles, out March 8th, 2019
The Paper Castles 2019 Tour on Sale Now
Listen to “Something Holy” here: https://AWAL.lnk.to/somethingholy
Watch the official video
https://youtu.be/fFNofGHHozg
Performing tomorrow at the internationally acclaimed venue, The Funkaus in Berlin, accompanied by her full band, a three piece brass section, and a choir of 20 women
“An artist who has captured my undivided attention: Alice Phoebe Lou… a singer who feels destined for the stars.” – Bob Boilen, NPR’s All Songs Considered
“A golden girl with a huge voice and somnambulistic self-confidence… She retains the WOW effect.” – Rolling Stone
To request Paper Castles for review, please contact Jillian Santella or Jim Merlis.
(New York, NY) Alice Phoebe Lou has unveiled “Something Holy,” the first single from the highly anticipated full length album, Paper Castles, which will be released on March 8th, 2019. She has also announced the Paper Castles 2019 Tour, kicking off on March 3rd in Toronto, Canada. All dates below. Listen to / watch the official video for “Something Holy” HERE.
A fire dancer turned singer-songwriter, Alice’s fiercely independent approach to her art has given her a creative confidence that shines through in her jazzy and ethereal indie songs, filled with captivating vocals and stripped back music. Born in South Africa and having developed her eclectic and distinctive sound busking on the streets of Berlin, she has caught the ears of a community of music lovers the world over. She’s earned praise from NPR, Rolling Stone, Blackbook and more, and has been previously nominated for Best Female Artist at the German Critics Choice Awards. In addition to relentless global touring, since 2016, she has put on a total of eleven sold out shows at the Berlin Planetarium (the biggest in Europe), working hand in hand with the director of the planetarium to produce a spectacular symbiosis of live sound and amazing visuals.
Paper Castles is Alice’s second full length release, following 2016’s Orbit. She has also independently released two EPs, Momentum and Sola, as well as several singles. In 2017, a live of the song, “She,” was released and racked up over four million plays on YouTube and was featured in the film Bombshell: The Heady Lamarr Story, executive produced by Susan Sarandon, all before the studio version of the single was even released. Produced by Noah Georgeson, Alice explains that Paper Castles is “about nostalgia, about growing into a woman, about the pain and beauty of the past, about feeling small and insignificant but finding that to be powerful and beautiful, about acknowledging that childhood is over but bringing some of it with you.” “Something Holy” specifically, reflects “the moment that I managed to get over the main hurdle of my past traumas with sex, with men and with my own deeper understanding of intimacy and what it means to be intimate.”
In support of Paper Castles, Alice will embark on an international tour, including her first ever North American headlining run, kicking off on March 3rd, 2019. Tickets are now available at alicephoebelou.com.
Paper Castles Track Listing
1. Little Spark
2. Nostalgia
3. Galaxies
4. Paper Castles
5. Fynbos
6. Something Holy
7. Skin Crawl
8. My Outside
9. New Song
10. Ocean
The Paper Castles 2019 Tour
North America
March 3 – Toronto, CAN – The Garrison
March 4 – Montreal, CAN – Bar Le Ritz PDB
March 5 – Boston, MA – Cafe 939
March 7 – Vienna, VA – Jammin’ Java
March 8 – Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade
March 10 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
March 11 – Atlanta, GA – Vinyl AT Center Stage
March 13 – 17 – Austin, TX – SXSW
March 20 – San Diego, CA – The Casbah
March 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Moroccan Lounge
March 23 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
March 24 – Portland, OR – The Old Church Concert Hall
March 25 – Seattle, WA – Barboz
Europe
April 10 – Leipzig, DE – UT Connewitz
April 11 – Dresden, DE – Polimagie Festival
April 13 – Hannover, DE – Faust
April 15 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute
April 16 – Nottingham, UK – Bodega
April 17 – London, UK – Earth
April 18 – Bristol, UK – Thekla
April 20 – Utrecht, ND – Tivoli
April 21 – Amsterdam, ND – Zonnehuis
April 23 – Aachen, DE – Kulturbunker
April 24 – Brussels, BE – Botanique
April 26 – Vienna, AT – Flex
April 28 – Prague, CZ – Futrum
April 29 – Erlangen, DE – E-Werk
May 1 – Friberg, DE – Jazzhaus
May 2 – Munich, DE – Ampere
May 3 – Zurich, CH – Bogen F
May 4 – Stuttgart, DE – Im Wizemann
May 6 – Cologne, DE – Kulturkirche
May 7 – Mainz, DE – Kuz
May 8 -Kiel, DE – Pumpe
May 9 – Copenhagen, DK – Vega
May 11 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle