KT Tunstall New Album Out October 5th
KT Tunstall's third album, Tiger Suit, heralds the beginning of a new musical adventure for the multi-platinum, Scottish-born singer and songwriter.
Tiger Suit was released October 5th and her rollicking first single "Fade Like A Shadow" is already a Top 20 hit at radio.
KT will be heading out on tour this Fall and O2O will be rockin' our support the whole way.
KT On Tour This Fall
KT is hitting the road in November playing 17 US cities. Tickets are on sale now.
Oct 31 Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
Nov 1 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver, BC
Nov 2 The Showbox SODO Seattle, WA
Nov 4 Knitting Factory Spokane, WA
Nov 5 Knitting Factory Boise, ID
Nov 7 Knitting Factory Reno, NV
Nov 8 Warfield Theatre San Francisco, CA
Nov 11 The Music Box Los Angeles, CA
Nov 12 House of Blues San Diego, CA
Nov 16 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Nov 18 Epic Minneapolis, MN
Nov 19 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN
Nov 21 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL
Nov 22 The Crofoot Detroit, MI
Nov 23 Phoenix Theatre Toronto, ON
Nov 25 Club Soda Montreal, QU
Nov 26 The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
Nov 27 9:30 Club Washington, DC
Nov 29 House of Blues Boston, MA
Dec 1 Terminal 5 New York, NY
Sounds of Tiger Suit
If you aren't familiar with KT's music, you definitely remember one of her previous hit songs - the Grammy-nominated "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," "Suddenly I See," Other Side of the World" or "Hold On".
Tiger Suit heralds the beginning of a new musical adventure for KT. Organic instrumentation is blended with dance-friendly textures, the results of which she has dubbed “Nature Techno” to encapsulate the album’s collision of raw, upfront rootsiness and sleek electronic textures.
The album's rollicking first single, “Fade Like A Shadow" is available at digital retailers now and is already at Top 20 hit at radio. Check out the video here.
* Website: http://bit.ly/KTsite
* Video: http://bit.ly/KTflasvid
* Twitter: http://bit.ly/KTtwitter
* Facebook: http://bit.ly/KTfbook
* Link to Buy on Amazon: http://amzn.to/KTamazon
* Album Preview: http://bit.ly/KTpreview
Product Description
Tiger Suit was recorded in Berlin's Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie's Heroes, U2's Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, were made. "There's a lovely self-sufficiency in Berlin, where people are just doing whatever they want to," Tunstall says. "It really informed everything. There was an angular nature to what we were playing and a fierceness that I felt was very appropriate for what I'd written."
The Berlin odyssey set the scene for Tunstall's awakening to the wonderful world of synthesizers. "I was very scared of them because I felt that they would be an albatross around the music," she says. But that was before IAMX, aka former Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner, supplied her with a couple of "transporting" arrangements. "Then every synth came out of the box and I entered a world that I am completely smitten with now." Pride of place in Tunstall's armory went to the Yamaha CS-80 -- Vangelis' weapon of choice on the Blade Runner soundtrack -- which she describes as "a huge beast, like playing a couch."
Without sacrificing any of her personal storytelling touch, the sonic landscape of Tiger Suit shifts from the uninhibited tribal yelp of "Uummannaq Song," inspired by her Greenland foray, to the analog drone-meets-oriental chime and flutter of "Lost," by way of "Push That Knot Away," which she calls a signature track on the album. "It's about confronting fear rather than running away." Then there's the rollicking first single, "Fade Like A Shadow," which Tunstall explains is about a person who haunted her for many months. "The person is still very much alive, but my interactions with them led to these weird, almost visitation-like feelings that I found difficult to shake off."
Elements of all the influences that make up Tiger Suit come together on "(Still A) Weirdo." A beautiful acoustic guitar line floats through organic and electronic rhythm sounds, while the lyrics are some of Tunstall's most personal. "It's one of those rare moments where you can see yourself objectively and look into your own emotional machinery and realize what you are," Tunstall says. The journey continues through the extra-terrestrial blues of "Golden Frames" (featuring the formidable Seasick Steve), and the glam strut of the anecdotal "Madame Trudeaux," to the up-tempo swagger and hum of "Glamour Puss."
"Making the album felt a bit like an archaeological dig," Tunstall says. "I had to dig deep to uncover what most turns me on. The best way I can describe it is that I discovered the indigenous part of myself by going back to campfire dance music just as much as club dance music. When I grind my boot heel into the floor, it's connected to when I went clubbing in Berlin. Losing yourself in the middle of nowhere around a fire is no different to losing yourself surrounded by hundreds of people on a dancefloor."
My Review
A heady, new musical adventure for KT Tunstall! I loved this album! she hits the right notes connecting her emotion and passions for the lyrics and well as the beat. "Fade Like A Shadow" struck something deep inside me-perhaps because I, too, have experienced a haunting so richly described! Acoustic guitar brings more emotions to the surface in "(Still A) Weirdo". You just can't go wrong with acoustic guitar!
The whole album, every song, is a keeper. Run right out and get this suberb and magnificient creation from the heart of KT Tunstall!
* Website: http://bit.ly/KTsite
* Video: http://bit.ly/KTflasvid
* Twitter: http://bit.ly/KTtwitter
* Facebook: http://bit.ly/KTfbook
* Link to Buy on Amazon: http://amzn.to/KTamazon
* Album Preview: http://bit.ly/KTpreview
Product Description
Tiger Suit was recorded in Berlin's Hansa Studios, where several legendary albums, including David Bowie's Heroes, U2's Achtung Baby, and Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, were made. "There's a lovely self-sufficiency in Berlin, where people are just doing whatever they want to," Tunstall says. "It really informed everything. There was an angular nature to what we were playing and a fierceness that I felt was very appropriate for what I'd written."
The Berlin odyssey set the scene for Tunstall's awakening to the wonderful world of synthesizers. "I was very scared of them because I felt that they would be an albatross around the music," she says. But that was before IAMX, aka former Sneaker Pimp Chris Corner, supplied her with a couple of "transporting" arrangements. "Then every synth came out of the box and I entered a world that I am completely smitten with now." Pride of place in Tunstall's armory went to the Yamaha CS-80 -- Vangelis' weapon of choice on the Blade Runner soundtrack -- which she describes as "a huge beast, like playing a couch."
Without sacrificing any of her personal storytelling touch, the sonic landscape of Tiger Suit shifts from the uninhibited tribal yelp of "Uummannaq Song," inspired by her Greenland foray, to the analog drone-meets-oriental chime and flutter of "Lost," by way of "Push That Knot Away," which she calls a signature track on the album. "It's about confronting fear rather than running away." Then there's the rollicking first single, "Fade Like A Shadow," which Tunstall explains is about a person who haunted her for many months. "The person is still very much alive, but my interactions with them led to these weird, almost visitation-like feelings that I found difficult to shake off."
Elements of all the influences that make up Tiger Suit come together on "(Still A) Weirdo." A beautiful acoustic guitar line floats through organic and electronic rhythm sounds, while the lyrics are some of Tunstall's most personal. "It's one of those rare moments where you can see yourself objectively and look into your own emotional machinery and realize what you are," Tunstall says. The journey continues through the extra-terrestrial blues of "Golden Frames" (featuring the formidable Seasick Steve), and the glam strut of the anecdotal "Madame Trudeaux," to the up-tempo swagger and hum of "Glamour Puss."
"Making the album felt a bit like an archaeological dig," Tunstall says. "I had to dig deep to uncover what most turns me on. The best way I can describe it is that I discovered the indigenous part of myself by going back to campfire dance music just as much as club dance music. When I grind my boot heel into the floor, it's connected to when I went clubbing in Berlin. Losing yourself in the middle of nowhere around a fire is no different to losing yourself surrounded by hundreds of people on a dancefloor."
My Review
A heady, new musical adventure for KT Tunstall! I loved this album! she hits the right notes connecting her emotion and passions for the lyrics and well as the beat. "Fade Like A Shadow" struck something deep inside me-perhaps because I, too, have experienced a haunting so richly described! Acoustic guitar brings more emotions to the surface in "(Still A) Weirdo". You just can't go wrong with acoustic guitar!
The whole album, every song, is a keeper. Run right out and get this suberb and magnificient creation from the heart of KT Tunstall!
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