Joan As Police Woman Shares Video For "Witness" via Clash
The Classic out now on PIAS Recordings
WATCH: "WITNESS" via CLASH
WATCH: "HOLY CITY"
"contains some of her most ebullient songs yet" – Brooklyn Vegan
"full of smoky vocals and slinky melodies that are unmistakably hers" – Allmusic.com
The video for "WITNESS" is directed by Ben Reed who has worked with Joan previously, on videos for "The Magic" and "Chemmie". Beautifully shot in black and white, the video is a clever play on word association and sign language.
Having been on the road with her band since March, Joan is finally back home in NYC but barely has time to catch her breath before heading off on tour to Japan, Australia, mainland Europe and then back to the UK for festivals and headline shows in August.
More info on The Classic below:
"I'm in the best place I've ever been in my life," declares Joan Wasser, and she's just recorded the album that proves it. The Classic, the fourth album of originals by the uniquely charismatic artist known as Joan As Police Woman, builds on the creative impetus and success of its 2011 predecessor The Deep Field.
As ever Joan strives to create music rooted in an intimate, elemental and uplifting brand of soul combined with her own unique serene, torch-singing temperament, but whereas melancholy was a principle feature of Joan's earlier work, this time there's a more liberated feel than ever before.
Famously a key member of Antony Hegarty's Johnsons and Rufus Wainwright's band until she began making her own records, Joan was inspired by their combined piano balladry while infusing it with her own stripped-down-soul and torch-song approach. Her 2006 album debut Real Life was followed by To Survive (2008), written in the aftermath of her mother's death; in 2009, she released an interim covers album simply called Cover, before The Deep Field confirmed Joan had started a full recovery and was determined to beat the blues. Which takes us to The Classic, where Joan reaches even further toward the light.
TRACKLIST:
1. Witness
2. Holy City
3. The Classic
4. Good Together
5. Get Direct
6. What Would You Do
2. Holy City
3. The Classic
4. Good Together
5. Get Direct
6. What Would You Do
7. New Year's Day
8. Shame
9. Stay
10. Ask Me
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