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Older News // 28 May 2010: 21h24 GMT // More features - The Guardian, Huffington Post More extensive features with Tracey this week, including a joing interview with husband Ben Watt for The Guardian and one for the Huffington Post. // 20 May 2010: 14h14 GMT // Live at home performance of 'Late In The Afternoon' Here is another live performance from Tracey captured at home. Filmed and recorded in the home studio earlier this year it is a stripped back version of 'Late In The Afternoon' featuring Tracey (vocals, acoustic guitar), Ewan Pearson (drum programming, synth) and guest Ben Watt (electric guitar). The original is on Tracey's new album 'Love And Its Opposite'. // 19 May 2010: 16h54 GMT // Radio radio. Tracey blitzes UK airwaves Tonight you can catch Tracey in three places on UK radio. Between 6pm-6.30pm she chats live on Simon Mayo's BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show. At 10.30pm she is on Strand, the arts programme on BBC World Service, and then after 11pm she is on John Kennedy's Xposure show on XFM (includes a 3-track live session for the show!). You can also catch a replay of the 50-minute special interview with her and partner Ben Watt on Gideon Coe's BBC 6Music show from last night. // 17 May 2010: 16h04 GMT // *Sound of fanfare* Tracey's album out this week Check out a full audio preview, video of her live on LATER, reviews, & 1-click buy links, for the new album 'Love And Its Opposite' here 
// 13 May 2010: 17h54 GMT // Morgan Geist among remixers of 'Why Does The Wind?' 'Why Does The Wind?' will be the second single taken from 'Love And Its Opposite' and will be released on June 14. Dance remixes come courtesy of Metro Area's Morgan Geist (pic above), Michel Cleis and André Lodemann. The release will be slid across to Strange Feeling's sister label, Buzzin' Fly (for the world ex-North America) and pressed up on limited 12" vinyl. Download too. Merge will release the single digitally Stateside. // 11 May 2010: 15h19 GMT // Tracey recording performance for BBC2's LATER today Tracey is down at the BBC TV Centre recording a performance of 'Oh, The Divorces!' with a string quartet for BBC2's LATER with Jools Holland today. It will form part of this Friday night's extended broadcast of the show at around 11.30pm. Please take note: In spite of what some newspapers say today she will NOT be playing it on the abbreviated live version of the show that goes out tonight at 10pm because it was too long for the 28 minute show! 
// 10 May 2010: 16h46 GMT // Preview whole album this week courtesy of The Guardian and NPR Both leading UK broadsheet The Guardian and top US public radio network NPR preview the whole of Tracey's album this week. Check out The Guardian's Music Blog Preview and NPR's 'First Listen' 
// 06 May 2010: 09h26 GMT // Tracey chats to Subba Cultcha Another interview with Tracey this week, this time with ace music website Subba Cultcha. // 03 May 2010: 21h16 GMT // Album demos to be released as bonus tracks Strange Feeling is releasing 5 album demos ('The Berlin Sessions') as bonus trax to go with the new album. In the UK, fans can pre-order them as a limited edition bonus disc bundled with the album ONLY from HMV.co.uk. In the US, Merge Records release them DIGITALLY thru iTunes on pre-sale only. Japan and Taiwan will also be releasing 'The Berlin Demos' domestically on bonus CD. Also, look out for another extra track, Tracey's cover of Ron Sexsmith's 'Child Star' (available from UK iTunes & US Amazon MP3). For fans in other countries, Strange Feeling is hoping to have 'The Berlin Sessions' available on a limited separate CD through the Buzzin' Fly Online Shop (with international shipping) a couple of weeks after release. // 03 May 2010: 20h18 GMT // Tracey to sing live on BBC2's LATER with Jools Holland on May 14 Tracey will deliver a special solo performance on leading UK live music TV show, LATER with Jools Holland, on the night of Friday May 14. Also appearing: LCD Soundsystem, The National and Kelis. 
// 22 April 2010: 11h28 GMT // Another upfront free download from new album Premiered by ace music site, Stereogum, yesterday, we can now bring you ANOTHER FREE DOWNLOAD from Tracey's new album in advance of its release on May 17. This time it is Ewan Pearson's radio edit of 'Why Does The Wind?'. To grab the track, go here // 20 April 2010: 17h18 GMT // Tracey's new gardening column starts today Tracey starts a a new monthly gardening column ('To The Greenhouse') on Jeff 'Heavenly Records' Barrett's cult idling website, 'Caught By The River'. // 16 April 2010: 22h08 GMT // Tracey sings live at home Recorded and filmed live at home in February 2010, here is footage of Tracey singing 'Oh, The Divorces!' (with a little comic help from Ben and producer Ewan Pearson) to help celebrate the release of the single tomorrow (Record Store Day). Get down to your local indie store and support them by buying the 7" clear vinyl version of 'Oh, The Divorces!' backed with Tracey's non-album cover of Vampire Weekend's 'Taxi Cab', or get it shipped to you next week here while stocks last. If you miss out, both tracks will on sale digitally through iTunes next week. ('Oh, The Divorces!' on its own is still available as a free download here) // 14 April 2010: 16h23 GMT // Tracey culture picks at ClashMusic 
Alt music website www.clashmusic.com carries a nice interview with Tracey today where she picks some of her fave books, movies and stuff. // 14 April 2010: 13h53 GMT // A filmed home performance of 'Oh, The Divorces!' exclusive at guardian.co.uk today 
Leading UK website www.guardian.co.uk is running exclusively with a fab filmed home performance of Tracey singing 'Oh, The Divorces!' today. The clip, filmed at home, also includes some casual footage of Ben and Ewan setting up the equipment and the three of them laughing and joking. Ace. // 13 April 2010: 16h04 GMT // USA Today Pick of The Week 
Major USA daily paper shows some 'Oh, The Divorces!' love! // 11 April 2010: 16h34 GMT // Guardian Music Weekly Podcast raves about 'Oh, The Divorces!' Leading rock critic for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis (and guests) say some very nice things about both 'Oh, The Divorces!' and 'Love And Its Opposite' in this week's popular Guardian Music Weekly Podcast. Download the section on Tracey and 'Oh, The Divorces!' (4 mins / 4Mb / 128kbps mp3) or visit the Guardian Music Weekly Podcast page where you can stream or download the whole 40-minute show. // 04 April 2010: 17h27 GMT // Tracey interview on BBC London website. An edited transcription of Tracey's radio interview with Robert Elms last week has been posted on the BBC London website as a feature with photo. Read interview. // 29 March 2010: 10h26 GMT // Tracey live on BBC London with Robert Elms today. Having played 'Oh, The Divorces!' as his Single Of The Week all last week, Robert Elms invites Tracey onto his radio show on BBC London 94.9 today from noon. Tracey will be featured in the popular 'Listed Londoner' section where she chats about her new album and her favourite things about London. Listen again. // 26 March 2010: 11h47 GMT // Tracey live on The Verb tonight. Tracey is interviewed and performs two songs on BBC Radio 3's arts programme, The Verb, tonight. As Tracey joked on Facebook this morning: "Other guests on the show will be discussing Lorca, Chekhov and the naming of planets, so you will LEARN SOMETHING as well as being entertained." She sings Oh, The Divorces! and Singles Bar, and talks about her songwriting. Listen again. // 22 March 2010: 22h47 GMT // Pre-order limited edition 7". You can now pre-order the limited edition clear vinyl 7" of 'Oh, The Divorces!' from the Strange Feeling online shop. The shop offers international delivery. The single has a non-album cover version of Vampire Weekend's 'Taxi Cab' on flip. If you want to support your local indie store on Record Store Day you can get this release a couple of days earlier at various local indie retailers on Sat Apr 17 (Record Store Day). The Strange Feeling Records online shop won't be mailing out until April 19. To order go here. // 20 March 2010: 08h07 GMT // The Very Short List shows some love. 
The New York Observer's influential culture-watch, The Very Short List, has picked up on Tracey's upcoming single. View The Very Short List. // 12 March 2010: 11h07 GMT // Cover art for new single 'Oh, The Divorces!'. 
Following on from the album artwork shown here recently, the cover art for Tracey's new single is also designed by John Gilsenan at iwantdesign. Release date is set for ... Read more // 11 March 2010: 19h45 GMT // Tracey vs Vampire Weekend Tracey went into the studio last week to record a B-side for the upcoming 'Oh, The Divorces!' single. She recorded 'Taxi Cab' by Vampire Weekend. The track will be available as the 'Oh, The Divorces!' 7" B-side on April 17, and a few days later as part of the digital single. // 26 February 2010: 10h05 GMT // 'Oh, The Divorces!' to be pressed up for Record Store Day On Saturday April 17 independent record shops in the UK celebrate Record Store Day, where everyone is encouraged to visit their nearest store, chat about records, and invest in a nice slice of vinyl or CD to support music as an artefact, not just as a download. In honour of the occasion Tracey's new label, Strange Feeling, will be pressing up a limited edition 7" single of 'Oh, The Divorces!' with a brand new yet-to-be-decided B-side that Tracey is recording next week. More news soon. // 18 February 2010: 11h13 GMT // Pop Justice Song Of The Day 
Snazzy online pop website, Pop Justice graciously made 'Oh, The Divorces!' its song of the day today. How very nice of them! // 17 February 2010: 15h29 GMT // Pitchfork launches new album with free download. 
Leading online music magazine, Pitchfork today announced the release of Tracey's new album, 'Love And Its Opposite', on its front page. They are also offering the album's opening track 'Oh, The Divorces!' as a free download. If you prefer, you can grab it from us here. // 17 February 2010: 15h17 GMT // Cover art for new album by John Gilsenan at iwant. 
The cover art for Tracey's new album is designed by John Gilsenan at iwantdesign. John is responsible for all the acclaimed artwork at Tracey's new label, Strange Feeling Records (and at its sister label, Buzzin' Fly). He says: "I was ... Read and see more // 17 February 2010: 15h13 GMT // Full tracklisting for new album. Tracey's new album features ten tracks, eight originals plus covers of Lee Hazelwood's 'Come On Home To Me' and 'You Are A Lover' by The Unbending Trees. Here is the full tracklisting - Oh, The Divorces!, Long White Dress, Hormones, Kentish Town, Why Does The Wind?, You Are A Lover, Singles Bar, Come On Home To Me, Late In The Afternoon, Swimming. // 17 February 2010: 15h11 GMT // Tracey confronts love and its opposite on new album. Official press release. After an 18-year career with partner Ben Watt in best-selling alt-pop duo Everything But The Girl (1982-2000), followed by a self-imposed hiatus to start a family, Tracey Thorn re-emerged in 2007 to a wave of critical acclaim with the glittering autobiographical folk-disco of 'Out Of The Woods', her first strictly solo album since 1982's indie classic 'A Distant Shore'. Now she is back with another: the starkly beautiful Love And Its Opposite on Strange ... Read more Back home |
