BETH ORTON: stream song from new album, produced by FUCK BUTTONS' Andrew Hung

Beth Orton to release new album Kidsticks on May 27^th via ANTI- records

Stream Moon, taken from Kidsticks via Soundcloud here‎

Stream Moon, taken from Kidsticks via YouTube here

When musicians talk about getting back to their roots, it’s usually an excuse to pull out a battered old acoustic to create some bare bones music. In Beth Orton’s case, going back to her roots meant something very different.

Having relocated to California a couple of years ago, Beth began experimenting with a series of electronic loops that would eventually come together as her career-redefining new album; a record inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall and Kieran Hebden as well as groove-based music with Red Snapper).

Co-produced by Beth and Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons) and mixed by David Wrench (Caribou/Hot Chip), Kidsticks repositions Beth’s unmistakable voice inside ten pure, audacious, playful and kinetic songs. A resolutely focused album, it represents a rare chance to hear an established artist get plugged in and completely rework the songwriting process with wide-eyed, open-minded glee. 

Beth Orton has been one of the most unique and beguiling voices in music for the past two decades. Her debut LP - Trailer Park - pioneered a synthesis of electronic and acoustic songs to huge acclaim. The follow up - Central Reservation - brought international success and the Brit Award for best British female. Further albums like the Jim O’Rourke produced Comfort of Strangers and 2012’s Sugaring Season deepened the breadth of her craft (Sugaring Seasonwas described by Pitchfork as "ten songs of sweet resilience delivered by a voice of seemingly effortless expression”).

Beth Orton plays a series festival dates this summer:

May 27^th/28^th: Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, Brighton Festival

July 24^th : Deershed Festival, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire

August 6^th :Caught by the River Thames Festival, Fulham Place, London

Kidsticks tracklisting:

1. Snow

2. Moon

3. Petals

4. 1973

5. Wave

6. Dawnstar

7. Falling

8. Corduroy Legs

9. Flesh and Blood

10. Kidsticks

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