QUINQUIS Shares New Track & Video "Run"; Debut Album Out May 20

QUINQUIS   SHARES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “RUN”   DEBUT ALBUM SEIM OUT MAY 20   PERFORMING AT SEACHANGE FESTIVAL IN MAY

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Multidisciplinary Breton artist Émilie Tiersen today shares a new single and video, the latest to be taken from SEIM, her debut album as QUINQUIS. SEIM will be released May 20 on clear vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.   The new track, “Run” – which translates to “Hill” – features Ólavur Jákupsson singing in Faroese. Talking about the track, Émilie explained, “At some point you need to choose between life and death. Either you let death win, or you make a change that will lead you to life. ‘Run’ is about that precise moment when you wake up and open your eyes to a new perspective. Whether you feel it through the soft touch of fresh air on your cheek, or through an inner avalanche. Whether it’s dawn or dusk. You’re at a turning point.”   The video was filmed on the island of Ushant – the island where Émilie lives – and features two locals. It is directed by Edgar Imbault. Watch here.   Pre-order SEIM here.   Over two albums Émilie recorded and released as Tiny Feet, but her recent name change – which pays homage to her personal and family history by referencing her maiden name – represents a fresh start musically. QUINQUIS signed to Mute and released “Adkrog” (which aptly translates as “Start Again”) late last year followed by the single “Setu.”   QUINQUIS will embark on a European tour as a very special guest of Algiers in May, stopping off in Totnes, England for an appearance at Sea Change Festival before returning as part of a European tour with Yann Tiersen in the fall. Full dates below. Tickets available here.   MORE ABOUT QUINQUIS Émilie began exploring new musical terrain, forging a deeper connection to her own culture, history and identity, over a period of significant personal change and the birth of her first child. She explains, “To have a son has answered many questions I had about life and roots, the first step to a very deep discovery. I’m raising my child in the Breton language, so there has been this kind of rebooting of the whole system.”   Whilst on tour with her husband and baby, Émilie saw her musical expression as a journey and began work on a new idea in each city. Characters – some from her own life, others rooted in the history of Breton culture – began to join Émilie on this journey, coming alive in song ideas.   Once these ideas began to mutate into something more musical, she connected with Gareth Jones. Initially he was going to play synth, but their partnership grew into something more collaborative. “The record revealed itself in the back-and-forth Gareth and I had,” she says. “It was really unexpected because Gareth and I are quite the opposite - he was the light to my darkness.”   This sense of interconnectedness leads to the album being a multifaceted one. It is deeply personal and introspective yet also collaborative and expansive. It is rooted in both historical and modern stories. It is an album that connects worlds while being entirely its own. “There is something cosmic about it,” says Émilie. “I don't know how to explain that but the way it happened with Gareth, and the way everything just suddenly all came together feels like cosmic harmony.”   The result is an album that merges sparse electronics, immersive atmospherics, and deft melodies, carried by Émilie’s tender yet quietly soaring vocals which are all sung in Breton.   SEIM Tracklisting 1. Adkrog 2. Eñvor 3. Setu 4. Run 5. Mintin 6. Estren 7. Netra ken 8. Ôg 9. An divare 10. Te QUINQUIS European Tour 2022 May 10 – Bern, Switzerland – ISC * May 11 – Turin, Italy – Circolo della Musica * May 12 – Milan, Italy – Biko * May 16 – Munich, Germany – Strom * May 18 – Berlin, Germany – Lido * May 20 – Stockholm, Sweden – Nalen Klubb * May 21 – Oslo, Norway – Revolver * May 22 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Stengade * May 23 – Hamburg, Germany – Knust * May 29 – Totnes, England – Sea Change Festival September 4 – Geneva, Switzerland – Alhambra ^ September 7 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royale ^ September 8 – London, England – Roundhouse ^ September 10 – Berlin, Germany – Tempodrom ^ September 12 – Malmo, Sweden – Malmo Concert Hall ^ September 13 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik ^ September 15 – Stockholm, Sweden – Filadelfia ^ September 21 – Roubaix, France – La Colisee ^ September 22 – Rouen, France – Le 106 ^ September 23 – Nancy, France – L'autre Canal ^ September 24 – Dijon, France – La Vapeur ^ September 27 – La Rochelle, France – La Sirene ^ September 28 – Bordeaux, France – Krakatoa ^ September 29 – Toulouse, France – Le Bikini ^ September 30 – Clermont-Ferrand, France – Cooperative de Mai ^ October 1 – Marseille, France – Le Moulin ^ October 4 – Tours, France – Le Temps Machine ^ October 5 – Grenoble, France – La Belle Electrique ^ October 6 – Strasbourg, France – La Laiterie ^   * with Algiers ^ with Yann Tiersen   Pre-order SEIM Listen to “Adkrog” Listen to “Setu” Listen to “Run”   QUINQUIS: WEBSITE | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | INSTAGRAM | SPOTIFY | APPLE MUSIC MUTE: WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | TWITTER | INSTAGRAM