SUSANNA

- ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'TRIANGLE' DUE APRIL 22ND VIA SUSANNASONATA
- SHARES FIRST SINGLE 'BURNING SEA'
- LONDON SHOW THIS APRIL

Photo credit: Anne Valeur 

Triangle is soul music for lost souls. Susanna’s eleventh album and first solo record since 2012 is a mastodon of a singer/songwriter release -- over 70 minutes of intensely expressive, deeply felt and spiritually probing lyrics, presented and performed in layers of voice, electronics, and effects, programmed with piano, violin and tuba. It’s due April 22nd via SusannaSonata and the first single ‘Burning Sea’ from the record is streaming online now.
 
In the words of Susanna ‘Burning Sea’ is about “the experience of giving in to something, surrender, and feeling trapped at the same time, both wonderful and dangerous. I wrote this song in LA where a lot of the material for the album came to life. I am very fascinated by the sunny, beautiful and urban in combination with the pumping undercurrents of creativity in that city.”
 
Listen to 'Burning Sea' here: http://bit.ly/1nvOYmo
 
The Norwegian artist known for personal interpretations of songs by Joy Division, Leonard Cohen and AC/DC among others but also her strong originals, has dissected her own musical expression, collaborations and projects, including 2014’s ‘Meshes of Voice’ album with Jenny Hval, and put the pieces together again creating a unique and diverse world for her songs.
 
Triangle re-examines Susanna’s relationship with spirituality, belief and superstition. Throughout, Susanna is in intimate, confessional mode, facing uncertainty and mystery, pondering how much of a place humanity deserves on a faltering planet, while confidently forging her own path and confronting doubt, fear and nihilism with a sense of wonder. Deeply Nordic in its willingness to confront existential darkness head-on, yet with a contemporary sound signature, Triangle is filled with magical omens, apocalyptic fires, black holes and floodwaters that constantly threaten oblivion. Yet among the dark undercurrents, electronic rumbling and white noise is a luminous melodic glow that rises above the introspection.
 
Recorded in Oslo and Los Angeles, Triangle was composed, arranged, performed, recorded and produced by Susanna. Norwegian musicians, including Supersilent, Broen, Moskus, Splashgirl and Sudan Dudan, participated alongside Americans Alison Chesley (Helen Money) and Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang).
 
Throughout the entire album, Susanna’s vocals are even more versatile and fluid, recalling at times Kate Bush, the Laurel Canyon balladry of Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro, or the acrobatics of the Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser. Debut single ‘Burning Sea’ presents the sound of wonder and danger in surrendering; Susanna’s voice is calm and determined in the face of enormous forces and looming fears.
 
Susanna’s Triangle is out April 22nd on SusannaSonata.
 
See Susanna live:

19th April – Café Oto, LONDON

‘Triangle’ artwork (by Cameron):



'Triangle' track list:

1. Holy/Sacred
2. We Don't Belong
3. Texture Within
4. Fear & Terror
5. Before The Altar
6. Hole
7. Shepherd
8. Under Water
9. This/ Phenomena
10. For My Sins
11. Burning Sea
12. In The Need Of A Shepherd
13. Born Again
14. Triangle
15. Pyramid
16. Ebb And Flow
17. Decomposing
18. The Fire
19. Sacred Revolution
20. Purple
21. Death Hanging
22. In My Blood 

Preorder ‘Triangle’:
via iTunes
via SusannaSonata         
 
Links:
Susanna Facebook
Susanna Twitter
Susanna Website

 For more information please contact frankie@stereosanctity.co.uk / t. +44 7921 176502.