Preview: JOANA SERRAT at Newcastle Cluny 2

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JOANA SERRAT Brings Enchanting Folk-Pop to UK for 2017 Live Dates
Newcastle Cluny 2
Sunday 29^th January 2017

'Cross the Verge' - Out Now on Loose Music

“the spectre of Joanna Newsom hangs heavy on her breathy vocal – evokes the sweeping alt-country of Lambchop. Gorgeous.” - NME

Touring her acclaimed 2016 LP 'Cross The Verge', JOANA SERRAT returns to the UK for a series of dates early in 2017.

Calling in at the Poppy & Pint in Nottingham on 24th January, Joana will take in a total of 7 dates across the UK before making her way to the Broadcast in Glasgow as part of the annual Celtic Connections event (30th Jan). Full dates and details listed below.

Cross The Verge, just as its name promises, shows us another side of Joana Serrat, who so enchanted audiences on her 2014 album Dear Great Canyon. On Cross The Verge, her third album, Joana lays bare all the cracks, inconsistencies and fears that come with life, with the album revealing itself to be an especially beautiful tribute to the acknowledgment of loss and the acceptance of the uncertain.

To record this album, Joana Serrat travelled from her home in Vic, near Barcelona, to Montreal, Canada to team up with producer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, The Barr Brothers) in his analogue studio, The Hotel2Tango. In the recording process Joana was joined by the likes of Gavin Gardiner (The Wooden Sky), Aaron Goldstein (Daniel Romano, City & Colour, Cowboy Junkies) and the acclaimed Canadian auto harpist and vocalist Basia Bulat. Elsewhere, Neil Halstead (Slowdive, Mojave 3) and Ryan Boldt (The Deep Dark Woods) joined Joana in two duets from two different approaches; the shimmering pop of Cloudy Heart and the wrought Americana of Black Lake.

Howard Bilerman’s approach results in Cross The Verge feeling like a natural progression and a show of real maturity. Her ability to never waste a lyric or syllable where something need be said and never miss an opportunity to breathe life into a song’s darker corners, illustrates her creative growth. Cross The Verge is a beguiling collection of songs that move with great ease between the precious evanescence of Lonely Heart Reverb, Oh, Winter Come or Flags, and the vigorous guitar sound that predominates in Desert Valley, Tug of War, and the moving Black Lake. There’s elegance in the trotting Americana rhythms of Saskatoon (Break of Dawn), I Follow You, Child and the crystalline Cloudy Heart.

2016 also witnessed a return to Primavera Sound Festival for Joana, with the festival’s El Segell del Primavera label releasing the album in Spain. Loose were quick to sign her up for the rest of the world, thereby providing Joana with her dream home for her unique talents.

TOUR DATES 2017
24 Jan - NOTTINGHAM, Poppy & Pint
25 Jan - LONDON, The Islington
26 Jan - EXETER, Phoenix
27 Jan - BEXHILL, Albatross Club
28 Jan - MANCHESTER, Fred's Ale House
29 Jan - NEWCASTLE, The Cluny 2
30 Jan - GLASGOW, Broadcast (Celtic Connections)
9 Feb -  AMSTERDAM, Bitterzoet *
10 Feb - HAMBURG, Knust *
11 Feb - BERLIN, Privat Club *
12 Feb - MUNICH, Amphere *
13 Feb - COLOGNE, Blue Shell *
15 Feb - BRUSSELS, Botanique *
16 Feb - PARIS, Divan Du Monde *
17 Feb - BREDA, Mezz
18 Feb - AMSTERDAM, Helemaal
19 Feb - EINDHOVEN, Cafe Wilhelmina
13-19 Mar - SXSW, TX
* with The Handsome Family

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