Daphne Guinness' New Album Out 4/20, TALKING TO YOURSELF Video Premieres Today

Daphne & The Golden Chord-the newalbum from vocalist, songwriter and cultural icon Daphne Guinness-is set for releaseApril 20 on Agent Anonyme/Absolute. A new single, "Talking To Yourself," debuts today alongside a Luca Pizzaroni-directed video premiering today via Billboard-watch it here.

Daphne & The Golden Chord was produced with the legendary producer and longtime David Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti, who also worked on Guinness' debut album, 2016's critically acclaimedOptimist in Black.

The new album picks up where Optimist in Black left off, with a new dynamism to Guinness' songwriting due in part to a new band including co-writer Malcolm Doherty,Terry Miles of Go-Kart Mozart, Thin Lizzybassist Gary Liedeman, Generation X and Chelsea's James Stevenson and Roxy Music's Andy Mackay contributing to the album.

In the tradition of Guinness' great inspirations including 60s psychedelia and glam rock, Daphne & The Golden Chordwas recorded live to analog tape atLondon's British Grove Studios on consoles previously used on The Beatles' Abbey Road, Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon and Wings' Band On The Run.

David Bowie originally introduced Guinness and Visconti. Bowie was so impressed with her music that he recommended her to his long-time producer and another chapter of her life began.

"I took an instant liking to her-she played a demo of her track 'Evening In Space' and that blew my mind. Based on that one song I wanted to work with her," says Visconti of his ongoing partnership with Guinness. The pair finished recording the new album in only three weeks.

The Golden Chord explores the space beyond the grief of Optimist in Black, informed in part by the loss of her two close friends, Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow, to suicide, and her brother Jasper to cancer. The new album mines the deeper reaches of Guinness' life to tell new stories-at turns florid, comic and somewhat lacerating.

"I can't sing a single word I don't believe in," says Guinness. "It's the closest thing I can get to a memoir without making people I know very cross indeed. It's all there: love, hate, nervous breakdowns."

Prior to the release of Optimist In Black, Guinness was familiar to many from various creative collaborations and her close friendships with both McQueen and Blow, alongside well-respected ventures in film, co-producing the Oscar-nominated Cashback, alongside a role in The Murder of Jean Seberg.

Music is a lifelong passion for Guinness. Having trained as a classical singer and later offered a place at London's prestigious Guildhall School, a young Daphne always looked set to pursue a career in music, before life had other plans. And whilst The Golden Chordfinds Daphne some distance from the strictures of her traditional training, for the former Bowie and Bolan-obsessed teenager, she's now found her true métier.

Critical praise for Optimist In Black:

"She is a child of the '60s, and her songs have a glam-rock-ish, slightly psychedelic flavor, anchored by her Sprechstimme vocals, a deadpan delivery equal parts Nico and Marlene Dietrich."-The New York Times

"Firmly rooted in the late '60s, early '70s, its main modes orchestral
glam and bejewelled psych..."-Q, ????

"It sounds incredible; fresh, wild, youthful, full of her
inimitable character, totally timeless..."-i-D

"Drama-pop with a gothic tinge...powerful incantations."-Noisey

"She has a beautiful voice, reminiscent of the cool detachment of Nico, and she brings a sadness and integrity to the lyrics."-The Telegraph

"Edgy guitar riffs and mesmerising melodies..."-Elle

DAPHNE GUINNESS-DAPHNE & THE GOLDEN CHORD

1. Déjà Vu Guru

2. But I'm Not

3. Talking To Yourself

4. Five Planets

5. No No No

6. Shallow Grave

7. It's All Right

8. Riot

9. Byzantine Romance

10. Remember To Breathe

11. Captain Catastrophe

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