Sudan Archives is back with her third album THE BPM, out now on Stones Throw. You Can watch the making-of mini-documentary showing the creative process of recording the record with friends and family in Detroit, Chicago and Los Angeles below. Vinyl is available now in red and classic black today – we’ve got CDs too.
“A BUG’s LIFE” recently premiered on BBC Radio 1 as their “Hottest Record in the World”. It follows her double single “MY TYPE” and “YEA YEA YEA” following her debut “DEAD”, released earlier this year.
Listen to Sudan Archives – “MY TYPE”
Sudan describes “MY TYPE” as her first “rap rap song” – “The song is kind of flirty and corny and sexy, because I’m hyping up my friends and also saying ‘These are the types of girls I like’,” she says. “It’s also hinting on sexuality – are these just friends, or women I’m in love with?”
Listen to Sudan Archives – “YEA YEA YEA”
THE BPM was recorded in Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit – embracing the club sounds from those cities while nodding toward Jersey club, global dance music and experimental beatwork. On THE BPM, Sudan introduces her new persona: Gadget Girl – a technologically advanced musician who’s exalted by her embrace of technology. “I was never the girl in a band in high school – I could only express myself for the first time when I got my first iPad and started making beats on it, and when I got my first electric violin. I’m all gadget girled out now, but I’ve never felt so free as a human,” she says.
Sudan has her largest slate of headline shows in the UK & Europe coming up. You can reserve tickets here.
Sudan Archives On Tour
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
