Sugarplum Fairies Announce LP, Share "Heart Hell 2021" Single + Vid ft. Sid Simons

SUGARPLUM FAIRIES ANNOUNCE NEW COLLECTION SHARE "HEART HELL 2021 (FT. SID SIMONS)" + MUSIC VIDEO VIA THE ALTERNATIVE READ EARMILK AND NORTHERN TRANSMISSIONS FEATURES ALTAR SONGS (1998-2021) OUT DECEMBER 3 ON STARFISH RECORDS Photo Cred: Dylan Luster

LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Sugarplum Fairies - "Heart Hell 2021 [ft. Sid Simons]" SoundCloud / Spotify / YouTube "Singer-songwriter Silvia Ryder produces a hazy and intimate noise, subtle enough that you can capture it from afar...In the veins of Beach House, The Velvet Underground, and Mazzy Star, the simmered-down track mimics an act of easing into a deep sleep at a birthday party." - The Alternative "You would’ve thought you stepped straight into the past with this track. “Heart Hell” presents Silvia Ryder’s vocals as bluesy as Nico and emphatic as Hope Sandoval." - EARMILK "Sounds like Nico on a double date with Leonard Cohen" – American Songwriter "The band has been acclaimed netwide for its songwriting skills." – Northern Transmissions "Somewhere between the luxuriate haze of shimmering indie pop and the nostalgic idealism of contemporary dream pop lies the music of Sugarplum Fairies." – PopMatters "The folk noir on Sugarplum Fairies’ new album comes with one foot in a European sidewalk café and the other boot on a dusty road in the vast American West." – Buzzbands LA   "Sugarplum Fairies veers from sleepy shoegaze to eclectic Vaudeville, featuring Lee Hazlewood reminiscent horn arrangements alongside languid soundscapes." – Spill Magazine   LA-based Viennese dream pop project Sugarplum Fairies have announced their new collection Altar Songs 1998-2021 and share the lead single, "Heart Hell 2021" accompanied by a  music video directed by Lael Neale. A poignant track with Nico-esque vocals and cinematic production, "Heart Hell" is a stunning collaboration between Sugarplum Fairies frontwoman Silvia Ryder and Sid Simons of Girl Skin. The video juxtaposes their living and working environments by projecting VHS footage on a screen and filming it side by side, creating an ethereal, vintage feel. Altar Songs 1998-2021 is a snapshot of Sugarplum Fairies’ evolution from its 1998 origins as a Vienna-raised/California-based husband and wife duo, which - after a personal and creative breakup in 2013 - resulted in the moniker for a rotating artistic collective spearheaded by vocalist/songwriter Silvia Ryder. The collection traces Sugarplum Fairies’ sonic journey from shoegaze infused folk-noir roots to jangly vintage guitar pop, and culminating in an explorative genre-defying mélange of non-traditional instrumentation (e.g. accordion, harmonium, omnichord, Baldwin Funmachine). These arrangements conjure surreal images that seem to be part dream diary, part coded messages and part cynical observations, with Ryder's breathy, hypnotic vocals evoking comparisons to the late chanteuse Nico of The Velvet Underground.   Altar Songs 1998-2021 features numerous collaborations with original Uncle Tupelo/Wilco drummer and producer Ken Coomer, late Mazzy Star drummer Keith Mitchell, Jebin Bruni (Public Image Ltd, Fiona Apple) on bass and keyboards, Joey Waronker (drummer for Beck and REM), Gus Seyffert (bassist for Beck, Norah Jones), cellist Martin Tillman (Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett), and horn-section mastermind Danny T. Levin (Iggy Pop, Rilo Kiley) amongst many others.  The compilation includes a new track titled “Tears” and three re-imagined/re-recorded versions of previously released tracks: “Heart Hell 2021 (feat. Sid Simons of Girl Skin and Beechwood)”, “Sandy Says 2021”, and “Sugarfree 2021”. The aforementioned tracks have been produced and mixed by Marlon Rabenreither of Gold Star; all songs have been (re)mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk for Stereophonic Mastering (Bonnie “Prince” Billy, The Dandy Warhols). ALTAR SONGS 1998-2021 TRACKLISTING 01. Sugarfree 2021 02. Velcro Girl 03. Heart Hell 2021 (feat. Sid Simons) 04. A Story 05. Tears 06. 96 Dreams (feat. Johnny Ruby) 07. Malta Smile 55 08. Sandy Says 2021 (feat. Sid Simons) 09. Touchdown or Fly 10. Dedeaux Fields 11. Fade Away 12. Jaguar Jackson 13. Hold On to Me 14. St. Andrew’s Place 15. Polaroid LINKS Facebook | Instagram | Bandcamp | SoundCloud