Sofia Bolt announces debut album "Waves," feat. Van Dyke Parks, out 6/28

SOFIA BOLT

Announces Debut Album Waves

Out June 28 on Loantaka Records

Stereogum Premieres Title Track, Featuring Van Dyke Parks

Photo credit: Kate Kornberg

"A dreamy union of classic French pop and West Coast psych vibes." -

Gorilla Vs. Bear

"Sofia Bolt brings just the right portions of sweetness and grit, and she's poised for a bright future." - Paste

"Echoes the skeletal sound of Young Marble Giants and unsentimental, yet emotive vocals of Cat Power." - Noisey

Sofia Bolt, the project of guitarist/vocalist Amélie Rousseaux, is thrilled to announce her debut album Waves, due out June 28 on Loantaka Records. Rousseaux began releasing music as Sofia Bolt in her native France, winning acclaim for her early EPs from Rolling Stone and Noisey. In 2017, following a breakup, she relocated to Los Angeles and began recording music with a wide-ranging cast of collaborators, including the legendary songwriter/composer/arranger Van Dyke Parks, La Luz drummer Marian Li-Pino, and Angel Olsen bassist Emily Elhaj. The psychedelic pop songs they created became Waves.

Stereogum, who announced the record and premiered its new single "Waves," which features string arrangements by Parks, called the song "a chamber pop beauty,"adding, "Rousseaux's dulcet tones perfectly blend with Parks' baroque strings." Parks shared a quote as well, describing Rousseaux as a "Dazzling French talent arrived in L.A. in a bolt outta the blue. Brimming with music, and a promise of cross-cultural collisions-ready to take back what Lafayette left behind."

WATCH / SHARE: "WAVES"

Waves also features the previously released single "Get Of Out My Head,"which Gorilla Vs. Bear premiered late last year, calling it a "blistering, sardonic kiss-off to an ex-lover." 

Sofia Bolt is currently opening Stella Donnelly's European tour. Watch this space for more tour dates.

 

Sofia Bolt - Waves

June 28, 2019 - Loantaka Records

1. London 2009

2. Interlude 1

3. Get Out Of My Head

4. Closing Time

5. Waves

6. Ojai

7. Interlude II

8. Losing Control

9. Waves (Van Dyke Parks edit)