Today BASIA BULAT announces a headline tour of the UK and Europe, including stops in major cities like London, Dublin, Stockholm, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Brussels. All tour dates are listed below.
In addition, she will be performing in-store at Rough Trade Shop in London on February 13, the day after the release of her forthcoming album, Good Advice.
“Fool,” the second single from Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated artist Basia Bulat’s forthcoming album, Good Advice, was released on January 8 and has been streamed more than 100,000 times in its first week of release.
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“Infamous,” the previous single from the new album, has been streamed more than 450,000 times in the weeks since its release. Listen here.
Bulat teamed-up with friend and collaborator Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the album’s production, driving 600 miles from her home in Montreal to La La Land recording studio in James’ hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Bulat originally met James backstage at the Austin City Limits music festival; the two reconnected when she toured with him in the summer of 2013 and became friends.
Good Advice is a departure from Bulat’s previous work, with her voice backed up by drums, bass, electric guitar and keys. James plays electric guitar, synth, saxophone and bass on the album; further Louisville guests including members of Houndmouth, Twin Limb, Seth Kauffman of Floating Action and more also join Bulat.
“Pop songs can take all those big statements and those big feelings that you have,” Bulat says. “You don’t need to necessarily have everything so detailed because everybody understands. Everybody understands those feelings.”
“Basia has something truly unique,” says James. The duo recorded the album over several visits Bulat made to Kentucky. “I knew immediately that it was the exact right place to be,” says Bulat. “To go so far from home, then to find that it felt like home.”
Of the sessions, James recalls, “The entire process was so amazing. Hearing her voice just exploding out of her soul brought us all to tears in the control room. Watching Basia come out of her shell with great power was an extraordinary thing to witness.”
Good Advice follows Bulat’s critically acclaimed Juno and Polaris Music Prize-nominated 2013 release, Tall Tall Shadow, which The Line of Best Fit calls “a brilliant and engaging pop record” and the Austin Chronicle praises for its “lovely, spectral musing that balances indulgence with homespun tendencies.” In the two years since, Bulat has played shows across North America and Europe with Sufjan Stevens, Destroyer, Daniel Lanois, Bahamas and more.
Since the release of her debut album, Oh My Darling, Bulat has shared the stage with artists including Arcade Fire, The National, Nick Cave, St. Vincent, Beirut, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, Sondre Lerche, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Head and the Heart, Owen Pallett, Devotchka and many more. Known for her talents on little-known instruments including the autoharp and charango, Bulat has also been tapped for tributes to Leonard Cohen and The Band.
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TOUR DATES
February 13 London, UK Rough Trade Shop
April 12 Brussels, BE Le Botanique
April 13 London, UK Hoxton Bar
April 14 Manchester, UK Soup Kitchen
April 15 Glasgow, UK Broadcast
April 16 Leeds, UK Headrow House
April 17 Dublin, IE Workmans Club
April 19 Brighton, UK The Hope