SUDAN ARCHIVES “A BUG’S LIFE” OUT NOW, WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO |
NEW ALBUM THE BPM OUT ON STONES THROW THIS FRIDAY, PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE NOW |
ON TOUR IN THE UK, EUROPE, AND NORTH AMERICA |
|
Sudan Archives photo credit Yanran Xiong |
Sudan Archives’ much-anticipated third album THE BPM drops this Friday, October 17th. Today she has released the final pre-album teaser, the house-inspired track “A BUG’S LIFE”, which premiered on BBC Radio 1 as their “Hottest Record in the World”. |
THE BPM was recorded in Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit, the rich culture of Black dance music in the latter two cities inspiring Sudan Archives to create what she calls “Orchestral Black Dance Music”. “A BUG’S LIFE” is perhaps the track on THE BPM to most explicitly reference Sudan Archives’ Midwestern roots and the dance music that gives this record its edge, with its house rhythm and backing vocals. The song celebrates freedom, Sudan Archives envisioning herself “flying to the moon” and embodying another personality – chaotic, impulsive, and running away without looking back. |
On THE BPM, Sudan Archives moves with style and grace through her most expressive, extroverted record yet. She has always used personas to translate her energy on each album – on Athena, she was a classical goddess; on her breakthrough album Natural Brown Prom Queen, she inhabited Britt, the Cincinnati girl with big dreams. On THE BPM she introduces Gadget Girl, a technologically advanced musician, and imagines a dazzling, chrome-plated future in which we’re all tapped into our own sense of rhythm. “No one can take away your rhythm from you – no one can take away your self-will,” she explains. The ideas she explores on the record all ultimately draw back to this one idea. “All those things can be your own power if you utilize them right.” |
To get to that place, Sudan had to look back at her own history. THE BPM taps into her mother’s roots in Michigan and her father’s in Illinois. As well as embracing club sounds from Chicago and Detroit, it takes in everything from Jersey club to global dance musics, with Sudan’s fiddle playing and elastic voice at the fore. Sudan Archives executive produced the album, working with a close circle of family and friends. Surrounded by this trusted team, Sudan was free to experiment and dig deep into her psyche for a record that’s both party-starting and vulnerable, high-energy and vividly personal. |
Sudan Archives tours the UK & Europe this November, before a major tour of North America to kick off 2026. See below for all dates and buy tickets here. |
Watch the “A BUG’S LIFE” video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOvfcMzB6RA Preorder THE BPM Find Sudan Archives tickets https://sudanarchives.com/tour-1 Watch the “DEAD” music video Watch the “COME AND FIND YOU” visualizer Watch the “MS. PAC MAN” music video Watch the “MY TYPE” music video |
SUDAN ARCHIVES ON TOUR Nov 7 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room Festival Nov 27 - Berlin, DE - Betonhalle Nov 29 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Nov 30 - Brussels, BE - Botanique - Orangerie Dec 1 - Paris, FR - Le Trianon Dec 3 - London, UK - The Roundhouse Dec 4 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2 Dec 5 - Leeds, UK - Stylus Dec 6 - Glasgow, UK - QMU Dec 8 - Dublin, IE - The Academy |
Jan 16 - Tucson, AZ - La Rosa Jan 17 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom Jan 20 - Dallas, TX - Trees Jan 21 - Austin, TX - Radio/East Jan 23 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Hell Jan 24 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel Jan 25 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club Jan 27 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer Jan 29 - New York City, NY - Webster Hall Jan 30 - Boston, MA - Royale Jan 31 - Montreal, QC - Le Studio TD Feb 1 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall Feb 3 - Nashville, TN - The Basement East Feb 5 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall Feb 6 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre Feb 7 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Feb 10 - Denver, CO - Gothic Feb 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - Complex in the Grand Feb 13 - Portland, OR - Revolution Hall Feb 14 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Feb 15 - Vancouver, BC - The Pearl Feb 18 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom Feb 19 - San Diego, CA - Music Box |
|
THE BPM tracklist 1. DEAD 2. COME AND FIND YOU 3. YEA YEA YEA 4. TOUCH ME 5. A BUG'S LIFE 6. THE NATURE OF POWER 7. MY TYPE 8. SHE'S GOT PAIN 9. DAVID & GOLIATH 10. A COMPUTER LOVE 11. THE BPM 12. MS. PAC MAN 13. LOS CINCI 14. NOIRE 15. HEAVEN KNOWS |
Connect with Sudan Archives: |
No comments:
Post a Comment