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My Brightest Diamond's New EP 'None More Than You' Out Today
By: Caryn Robbins Jul. 15, 2014
My Brightest Diamond's new EP, None More Than You, is out today on Asthmatic Kitty Records and can now be heard in full exclusively at Consequence of Sound. Already receiving widespread acclaim, The New York Times praises, "Shara Worden, the operatically trained singer at the core of My Brightest Diamond, has a feeling for both the grandeur and the grain, building every sweeping gesture in her music out of a swarm of small details," while Consequence of Sound asserts, "...the music is as always funneled into the ambitious, layered arrangements of My Brightest Diamond." Additionally, a new live music video of "Dreaming Awake" can be viewed here. Produced by Mason Jar Music, the video was filmed at Glenwood Power Station in Yonkers, NY and chronicles the band's run-in with local police.
Following the EP release, Worden's forthcoming full-length album, This is My Hand, will be released September 16 on Asthmatic Kitty Records (pre-order). The album features ten new songs, including the first single "Pressure," which recently premiered at NPR Music and can now be heard/shared here. Of the song, NPR Music praises, "...a stirring song powered by an incredible drumline...one of the most powerful and dramatic voices of the past decade," while Stereogumproclaims, "...'Pressure' is something to be reckoned with. Filled with an army of percussive sounds from big drums to twinkling bells along with shrieking brass and crushing synths, it's a huge production, but it all sounds small compared to Worden's operatic voice."
In celebration of the releases, Worden will embark on a worldwide tour this fall, including dates at New York's Bowery Ballroom and L.A.'s The Roxy as well as an appearance at the 2014 Austin City Limits Music Festival. See below for details.
This Is My Hand was recorded in Berlin, New York, L.A. and Worden's re-adopted hometown of Detroit with producer Zac Rae. Of her inspiration behind the album, Worden comments, "The genesis of the new album was looking at the changes that have happened in music over my career, and trying to reevaluate what it meant to me in the first place: 'what is the value of music' is essentially the question. In the States, the marching band is something that is done in school, so it still represents something inclusive, something that anyone can learn. I loved the communal quality and the way that drums and horns travel in large three-dimensional spaces."
Since debuting as My Brightest Diamond in 2006, Worden has released three full-length albums, including her most recent, 2011's All Things Will Unwind. Of the album, The New York Times praises, "...she has a keen sense of the dramatic, and a sure understanding of dynamics," while allmusic asserts, "All Things Will Unwindfinds this musical auteur at the top of her game, maturing, pushing her already broad boundaries, and brimming with imagination."
In addition to her work as My Brightest Diamond, Worden has collaborated and performed with various musicians, artists and filmmakers, including Matthew Barney, Sufjan Stevens, Bryce and Aaron Dressner (The National), The Decemberists, Bon Iver, David Byrne, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Laurie Anderson, Matthew Ritchie, Murat Eyuboglu, Brooklyn Rider and yMusic, among others.
This is My Hand track-listing:
1. Pressure
2. Before The Words
3. This Is My Hand
4. Lover Killer
5. I am Not the Bad Guy
6. Looking At The Sun
7. Shape
8. So Easy
9. Resonance
10. Apparition
None More Than You EP track-listing:
1. Dreaming Awake (Son Lux Mix)
2. Whoever You Are
3. Dreams Don't Look Like
4. Dreaming Awake (Mason Jar Mix)
5. That Point When
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND TOUR DATES
July 15 Boulder, CO Chautauqua Auditorium*
July 26 North Adams, MA Mass MoCa†
July 30-August 3 Becket, MA Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival‡
August 8 Haldern, Germany Haldern Pop Festival#
August 13 Kilkenny, Ireland Kilkenny Arts Festival#
September 19 Detroit, MI Music Box
September 20 Toronto, ON Drake
September 22 Boston, MA The Sinclair
September 23 Philadelphia, PA World Café Live
September 25 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
September 27 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel
September 28 Pittsburgh, PA Altar Bar
September 30 Charlotte, NC Visulite Theater
October 1 Atlanta, GA The Earl
October 3-5 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 10-12 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Music Festival
October 12 Dallas, TX The Kessler
October 17 Stockholm, Sweden Scandic Grand Central
October 18 Gothenburg, Sweden Folkteatern Foajebaren
October 19 Copenhagen, Denmark Loppen
October 21 Hamburg, Germany Knust
October 22 Berlin, Germany Postbahnhof
October 24 Brussels, Belgium Botanique Rotonde
October 25 Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso Noord-Tolhuistuin
October 26 Paris, France Bababoum
October 28 London, United Kingdom Village Underground
October 30 Glasgow, United Kingdom Oran Mor
October 31 Dublin, Ireland Workman's Club
November 12 Grand Rapids, MI Wealthy Theater
November 13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
November 14 Madison, WI High Noon
November 15 Milwaukee, WI Vogel Hall
November 16 Iowa City, IA The Mill
November 17 Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center
November 19 St. Louis, MO Old Rock House
November 20 Indianapolis, IN White Rabbit Cabaret
December 2 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
December 3 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge
December 5 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
December 6 Seattle, WA The Crocodile Café
December 7 Vancouver, BC Electric Owl
December 10 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
December 12 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy
December 13 San Diego, CA The Casbah
*Music Mash-up Concert & Party: "Grace, Glamour, and Grit" with Aoife O'Donovan,
Olga Bell and the CMF Orchestra
Olga Bell and the CMF Orchestra
†Shara Worden sings in David Lang's "Death Speaks" with the Bang on a Can All-Stars
as well as a solo My Brightest Diamond set
as well as a solo My Brightest Diamond set
‡"Chalk and Soot" world premiere with Dance Heginbotham and Brooklyn Rider
#My Brightest Diamond and Death Speaks with Stargaze
(additional dates to be announced)
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