Beth Orton will release 'Sugaring Season,' her first album in six years and her Anti- Records debut, on October 1. Recorded in Portland, Oregon, with producer Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, The Decemberists), the album bears the fruits of a period of introspection & renewal: deeply lyrical songwriting, a newfound expressivity of voice, and, more than ever before, a daring synthesis of her broad musical influences into a powerfully individual artistic vision. "I stretched myself as a singer on this record and used voices I never have before as a writer," she explains. "A lot of the writing on this record happened in the dead of night, when spiders mend their webs, with an infant asleep in the next room... as a result, my writing became a secret again: illicit and my own."

For 'Sugaring Season,’ Orton and Martine have brought together a dream band of new and old friends: keyboardist Rob Burger, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, and legendary jazz drummer Brian Blade, along with guitarists Marc Ribot and Ted Barnes and folksinger Sam Amidon. The album was recorded predominantly live on the floor as the band reflected and internalized Beth's disparate inspirations, from Roberta Flack's 'First Take' album to Pentangle's folk-jazz collisions. The songs range across styles from deeply soulful to effortless and breezy, with open-tuned guitars, pensive pianos, and modal grooves underpinning her emotional weathervane of a voice.

While Orton has shifted away from the electronic textures that dominated her early work, her music is still built upon an implicit groove, even if it emanates from her acoustic guitar rather than from a sequencer. "It may not be a 'dance' beat," she says, "but it's definitely there and it's earthed and primal and insistent."

Beth Orton is a BRIT Award-winner and two-time Mercury Prize nominee who has collaborated with Bert Jansch, Emmylou Harris, Beck, Jim O'Rourke, Terry Callier, and Ryan Adams among others. Her last album, 2006's 'Comfort of Strangers,' was called "unerringly lovely" by SPIN and "her most accomplished record to date" by Uncut.

Beth Orton will be touring in UK and Ireland in November and December this year. For full list of dates, please see further below.

'Sugaring Season' Tracklist

1. Magpie

2. Dawn Chorus

3. Candles

4. Something More Beautiful

5. Call Me The Breeze

6. See Through Blue

7. Poison Tree

8. Last Leaves of Autumn

9. State Of Grace

10. Mystery

Beth Orton Tourdates

Sunday, November 25 -  Leamington Spa - Assembly Rooms – Tickets

Monday, November 26 - Birmingham - Glee Club - Tickets                 

Tuesday, November 27 - Sheffield - Memorial Hall – Tickets                                    

Thursday, November 29 - Ashford Kent - St. Mary's Church – Tickets                  

Friday, November 30 - Brighton - St Georges Church – Tickets                  

Sunday, December 2 - Norwich - Arts Centre – Tickets                  

Monday, December 3 - Milton Keynes - The Stables – Tickets                                     

Wednesday, December 5 - London - Union Chapel – Tickets                                      

Thursday, December 6 - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms – Tickets 

Friday, December 7 - Bristol – Thekla – Tickets

Sunday, December 9 - Manchester – RHCM – Tickets

Monday, December 10 - Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms - Tickets                 

Tuesday, December 11 - Cardiff - Glee Club – Tickets

Thursday, December 13 - Glasgow - Oran Mor – Tickets                  

Friday, December 14 - Dublin (IE) - Pepper Canister Church – Tickets