Alison Moyet is back after six years with her album 'the minutes'.
Despite selling more than 20 million singles in a 30-year career, Alison Moyet has always successfully resisted being any kind of pop puppet, so we can believe her when she describes this as her "happiest studio experience".
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Alison Moyet is back, sounding as distinctive as ever
‘the minutes’ was produced by Guy Sigsworth, known for his work with Madonna, Goldie, Robyn and Madonna, and gives proper foundation for Alison Moyet's unique, powerful, low voice.
“I avoided listening to anything during the process of writing and recording this album, choosing instead to be lead by my own melodic voice, the one I now find myself with 30-years-in”, says Alison. “Guy Sigsworth returns me to a programmer's world and marries it with perfect musicality. I have been waiting for him. We have made an album mindless of industry mores that apply to middle-aged women and have shunned all talk of audiences, demographics and advert jazz covers. This has easily been my happiest studio experience.”
'the minutes' is out on 6 May. You can click here to pre-order the album on iTunes.
Tour dates are...
30th Sep Ireland Cork Opera House // 1st Oct Northern Ireland Belfast Waterfront Hall
2ndOct Ireland Dublin Olympia Theatre // 4th Oct Glasgow Royal Concert Hall // 5th Oct
Edinburgh Usher Hall // 6th Oct Gateshead The Sage // 08th Oct Sheffield City Hall // 9th Oct
Rhyl Pavilion Theatre //10th Oct Warwick Arts Centre // 12th Oct Northampton Derngate Theatre
// 13th Oct Ipswich Regents Theatre //15th Oct London Royal Festival Hall // 16th Oct Cambridge
Corn Exchange // 17th Oct Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall // 19th Oct Bristol Colston Hall // 20th Oct
Cardiff St. David's Hall // 21st Oct Brighton The Dome // 23rd Oct York Barbican Theatre // 24th
Oct Salford The Lowry // 25th Oct Liverpool Philharmonic Hall // 27th Oct Nottingham Royal
Centre // 28th Oct Birmingham Symphony Hall // 29th Oct Southend Cliffs Pavilion // 31st Oct
Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre