New Album “Abnormally Attracted To Sin†released on May 18th on Island Records. Plus one-off acoustic show at London’s Savoy Theatre – April 27th.
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“I wanted to make a treasure, something people will valueâ€, says Tori Amos on her stunning new album ‘Abnormally Attracted To Sin’ – released on her new label Island Records, on May 18th.
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“AATS†is indeed a treasure. An elaborate feast made from home-grown stock, offered up to a generation fed on small meals made with cheap ingredients. “AATS†is Amos at her most passionate and most comfortable.Â
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The album has a typically detailed and wide sound, dominated by dark, rich reds and hints of silver (“I want to make audio mescaline†Tori said). The mood is dark but charged, like a late night conversation (or confession) held over several bottles of wine.
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“AATS†(the title is taken from a line in “Guys & Dolls†spoken by the character Sarah Brown) is the work of someone who knows, with fierce certainty, what she believes in. Anybody, whether it’s a newcomer or a lifelong member of Tori’s phenomenal fanbase, will feel that certainty.
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The 18 tracks on “AATS†were recorded in Cornwall by Tori’s husband Mark Hawley and his partner Marcel Van Limbeek. They are:
Give / Welcome To England / Strong Black Vine / Flavour / Not Dying Today / Maybe California / Curtain Call / Fire To Your Plain / Police Me / That Guy / Abnormally Attracted To Sin / 500 Miles / Mary Jane / Starling / Fast Horse / Ophelia / Lady In Blue / Oscar’s Theme (bonus track – UK only).
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There will be a covetable deluxe edition of the album which features a bonus DVD containing 16 “visualettes†directed by Christian Lamb (who filmed Tori and her band during the “American Doll Posse†tour).
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A single, “Welcome To England†– taken from the album – will be released on May 25th.
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Tori will be playing a one-off solo acoustic show at London’s Savoy Theatre on April 27th where she will be performing tracks from “AATS†as well as songs from her back-catalogue.