Former Yazoo frontwoman Alison Moyet today announced the release of her ninth solo album, titled Other, along with a 58-date worldwide tour that will keep her on the road from September through December, playing North America, the U.K., Europe and Australia.
The album — produced, like its predecessor, 2013’s The Minutes, by Guy Sigsworth — is due out June 16 in CD, vinyl, cassette and digital formats via the Cooking Vinyl label. Moyet is teasing the album with a video for the sparse title track, which you can watch below.
In the announcement for the project, Moyet explains:
“For me, making a record at this age, lyrically, is a different proposition. Observation in most cases replaces emotion. The invisibility of middle/aged woman rather thrills me and instead I watch. Subject matter covers what you might expect from a pop album. Dyslexia, locked-out syndrome, diversity, Persephone, doggedness and the Internet. Always asked what a song is about, I attempted to cooperate, but in truth though the lyrics incorporated my best attempt to describe what I see and of the meaning that is mine. I want, who chooses to, to find their own landscape or indeed none. Some of us have always felt ‘Other’. I no longer wish it were otherwise.”
Moyet’s tour opens Sept. 11 in Washington, D.C., with the first of a dozen North American dates, followed by eight concerts in Australia and New Zealand in October, then a 24-date run through the U.K. and Ireland, culimating with 14 shows in 10 European nations in December.
Ticket presales begin 10 a.m. March 22; see Moyet’s website for full on-sale information.
Below, see the video for “Other” and check out the full tracklist and Moyet’s world tour itinerary.
Tracklist: Alison Moyet, Other
1. “I Germinate”
2. “Lover, Go”
3. “The English U”
4. “The Rarest Birds”
5. “Beautiful Gun”
6. “Reassuring Pinches”
7. “April 10th”
8. “Other”
9. “Happy Giddy”
10. “Alive”
Alison Moyet tour dates:
North America
Sept. 11: Sixth and I, Washington, D.C.
Sept. 12: The Trocadero Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Sept. 13: Royale, Boston, MA
Sept. 15: Webster Hall, New York, NY
Sept. 17: The Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ONT
Sept. 19: Park West, Chicago, IL
Sept. 20: Fine Line Music Café, Minneapolis, MN
Sept. 22: Star Theater, Portland, OR
Sept. 23: The Showbox, Seattle, WA
Sept. 25: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Sept. 26: Music Box, San Diego, CA
Sept. 27: The Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
Australia/New Zealand
Oct. 4: Riverside Theatre, Perth, Australia
Oct. 6: Entertainment Centre Theatre, Adelaide, Australia
Oct. 7: Margaret Court Arena: Melbourne, Australia
Oct. 9: Enmore Theatre: Sydney, Australia
Oct. 10: Convention Centre: Brisbane, Australia
Oct. 13: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand
Oct. 14: ASB Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
Oct. 16: Isaac Theatre, Christchurch, New Zealand
UK/Ireland
Oct. 27: Opera House, Cork
Oct. 28: Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Oct. 29: Ulster Hall, Belfast
Oct. 31: Sage, Gateshead
Nov. 1: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
Nov. 2: Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Nov. 4: Regent Theatre, Ipswich
Nov. 5: Hexagon, Reading
Nov. 7: New Theatre, Oxford
Nov. 8: The Dome, Brighton
Nov. 9: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Nov. 11: Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Nov. 12: Corn Exchange, Cambridge
Nov. 14: The Palladium, London
Nov. 16: Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth
Nov. 18: St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Nov. 19: Barbican, York
Nov. 20: Royal Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Nov. 22: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Nov. 23: Colston Hall, Bristol
Nov. 24: Arts Centre, Warwick
Nov. 26: Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Nov. 27: Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Nov. 28: 02 Guildhall, Southampton
Europe
Dec. 3: Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
Dec. 4: Odeon, Odense, Denmark
Dec. 5: Berns, Stockholm, Sweden
Dec. 7: De Roma, Antwerp, Belgium
Dec. 8: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
Dec. 9: Kantine, Cologne, Germany
Dec. 11: Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
Dec. 12: Gruenspan, Hamburg, Germany
Dec. 13: Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Dec. 15: Substage, Karlsruhe, Germany
Dec. 16: SIMM City, Vienna, Austria
Dec. 17: Fabrique, Milan, Italy
Dec. 19: x-tra, Zürich, Switzerland
Dec. 20: L’Alhambra, Paris, France
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Mmmm….she’s still got the pipes!