For immediate release:
ALEXANDRA SAVIOR
SHARES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO
FOR ACOUSTIC VERSION OF
"BUT YOU"
FROM NEW ALBUM
THE ARCHER
(Proceeds will be donated to
The Loveland Fountain)
& ANNOUNCES NEW EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
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"Savior has really hit the mark with
The Archer
."
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"Alexandra Savior has a penchant for clever wordplay and a voice that can hypnotize, terrorize, or both in four measures or less."
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"Her ability to create something evocative, sedating and sultry, all at the same time is uncanny”
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"It’s a sound that should catch on in a hurry with fans of Lana Del Rey, Dead Man’s Bones, Zella Day and similar artists with a retro flair.”
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Photo credit:
Laura-Lynn Petrick
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The world is not quite the same as it was when
Alexandra Savior
released her sophomore album,
The Archer
, on January 10, via
Danger Mouse's 30th Century Records
.
When her European tour was postponed for a year, "Portland's mystery girl (
VICE
)" immediately responded by selling her one-of-a-kind artwork for charity as an initial response to the pandemic. Today, as a further response, she shares her acoustic cover of "
But You
," along with a video. Proceeds will go to
The Loveland Foundation
. On choosing this particular foundation Savior says, "
they help young women of color retrieve free therapy and mental health Counseling. It’s incredibly powerful and necessary work that they do and I’m honored to be able to support in some small way"
The album version of “But You” currently has more than 877K streams on Spotify alone, it’s one of Alexandra Savior’s most popular songs. For this acoustic version, she reworked the song on guitar with Mel Guerison, who is the violinist and producer. The result is this sparse, disconsolate sounding rendition. She made the accompanying video for this version using Super8 footage of her grandfather’s family from the 60s – befitting the eerie poignance of the song.
Billboard
,
who exclusively premiered her album,
The Archer
, says she is "more empowered and focused than she was before," and also that
"she acknowledges there's an intentional #MeToo aspect to many of the new songs...
Savior also struggled through an abusive personal relationship that she says many of The Archer's songs are about."
In her own words, Savior explains, saying:
"I think I went through a period of time where I was very innocent and I was being taken advantage of by a lot of manipulative forces in my life... I was very young and naive when I first left home and came into the music industry. I think I was prey for a lot of those sort of characters to come in and control what I was doing. I never felt I was being seen for who I was; I was being seen for what they could push me into and what was most sellable.
It was only when I was rejected by those forces when I began to have a voice... I wrote from a place of being rejected and confused, insecure and angry and depressed. But I was writing about me, and I think creatively there was a weight lifted off of me and I feel like so much has opened up to me. I think I have a lot less anxiety in general now."
The Archer
,
which was produced by
Sam Cohen
, often known as a fan of collaboration, most recently teaming up with
Kevin Morby
for his
Oh My God
album. On working with Savior, Cohen says, "It’s really a joy to work with someone who’s got such a strong sense of melody and also such a strong sense of what she wants stylistically.”
Ladygunn
says, "
Savior has a unique voice that veers away from the cookie cutter pop that is dominating the mainstream right now."
The new album showcases that standout vocality Savior is now known for, and also weaves a bittersweet story together with clever wordplay and broodingly beautiful layers of melody.
Savior's debut record,
Belladonna of Sadness
, was written in collaboration with
Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys
and
NME
says, "Savior continues to build on that bold arrival and is becoming a star in her own right." Her new album shows that not only does her voice stand alone, but that her musicality stands alone, too.
Savior recently announced her new 2020 European tour dates, which will bring her mesmerizing live show to Germany, Holland, Ireland, UK, Belgium, France, Turkey and Spain.
Fans can hear the "striking and smoky vocals [that] belong solely to Savior (
NME
)" and these new picturesque melodies live. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, head to Alexandra Savior's website:
alexandrasavior.com
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ALEXANDRA SAVIOR'S 2021 EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
May 20 - Berlin, Germany - Privatclub
May 21 - Cologne, Germany - Artheater
May 22 - Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg OZ
May 24 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
May 25 - Glasgow, UK - St. Lukes
May 27 - London, UK - Islington Assembly Hall
June 1 - Brussels, Belgium - Botanique Rotonde
June 2 - Paris, France- Petite Bain
June 6 - Istanbul, Turkey - Zorlu Performing Arts Center
June 9 - Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
June 10 - Barcelona, Spain - Sala Nau
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Photo credit:
Laura-Lynn Petrick
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BIO
It all started with a feeling of relief. Just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, Alexandra Savior, who was six months out of a rocky relationship and appreciating her independence, sat down and wrote the song that would become “Crying All the Time.” The melodic, heart-rending ballad, she says, “is about how it feels to be in a relationship with a person who’s disappointed in you,” but it’s also a clarion call announcing the arrival of her sophomore album,
The Archer
, out DATETK. The dreamy, melancholy song, the first single from
The Archer
, feels at once classic and contemporary; it’s a torch song for a new generation.
“There’s depression and there’s heartbreak,” Savior says of the album’s themes, which play out over 10 haunting tracks. “But each song represents a different emotional state. I tried to project some sort of strength; I wrote during a time when I was a young woman growing into my identity and developing my confidence, and I hope that comes through.”
Her message gets across loud and clear. Tracks like “Crying All the Time” and “Saving Grace” are big songs—ambitious and atmospheric—that put Savior’s ethereal voice and sharp writing on display. “It came from a place of anger,” she says of “Saving Grace,” the album’s writhing second single. “I had gone through a breakup and people kept telling me it was a saving grace, and I found it ironic because I was so heartbroken.” In some of the songs, Savior’s emotions unfold like thunderstorms and envelop everything going on around them. Other numbers, like “Soft Currents,” feel quiet and more intimate, like a whispered secret nobody was meant to hear.
And while Savior shoulders the responsibility for the lion’s share of her output herself, writing her own songs, creating the artwork for her album’s cover, and even filming her own videos,
The Archer
was created with an indispensable set of collaborators who helped harness her vision. Its Savior’s first release on 30th Century Records, the label run by her friend and collaborator Danger Mouse, and was produced by Sam Cohen, who’s best known for his work with artists like Kevin Morby and Benjamin Booker. “It’s really a joy to work with someone who’s got such a strong sense of melody and of what she wants stylistically,” Cohen says. “It was amazing to go into her world of 1960s B-movie love stories; Alexandra had a vision that really spoke to me.”
Of course, he wasn’t the first to appreciate her talent. The Oregon native first gained industry attention in 2012 when she posted a cover of Angus Stone’s “Big Jet Plane” on YouTube. The playful, haunting performance landed her a legion of influential fans—she ended up songwriting with Linda Perry, who compared her to Fiona Apple—and put her on the road toward releasing her debut album, 2017’s
Belladonna of Sadness
, which was written in tandem with the Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner and produced by Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford. Pitchfork praised the album, saying, “Savior has a penchant for clever wordplay and a voice that can hypnotize, terrorize, or both,” and the Guardian swooned for Savior’s “preternatural self-possession” and “crystalline, intimate voice.”
Still, with
The Archer
, Savior says, “I felt like I needed to establish my own voice and show my independence again.” A listen to the new album will prove that she’s done that, and then some. It’s not only the establishment of a voice, but a showcase for an extraordinary talent at the peak of her power. She’s already at work writing songs for what will be her next release. For more information, visit
alexandrasavior.com
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The Archer
- tracklisting
01. Soft Currents
02. Saving Grace
03. Crying All The Time
04. Howl
05. Send Her Back
06. Can’t Help Myself
07. The Phantom
08. Bad Disease
09. But You
10. The Archer
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