Karima Francis Unveils Music Video For Comeback Single 'Wherever I Go' - Watch Now
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
Written by Jon Stickler
After a three-year break, Karima Francis returns on 4th June with a brand new single ‘Wherever I Go’, new LP ‘The Remedy’ – out August 6th on Mercury – and an eagerly anticipated spring UK tour.
The follow-up to her critically-acclaimed debut ‘The Author’, this second album is a personal landmark for the Blackpool born singer-songwriter; upfront, personal, narrative-rich, and pulled along by a refined musicality.
Characteristically, she doesn’t shy away from discussing the eating disorder that took her away from music. Karima is forthright in stressing that ‘The Remedy’ represents not just recovery, but renewal – because the album is a document about her return to what she knows, and loves, best: music, singing, lyrics that burrow beneath the skin and lodge in the heart, melodies that are equally impossible to dislodge.
Flood – whom she first met in 2010 at a Water Rats show – was a key player in bringing the album to life. “I went into my bedroom,” she says, “and demo’d the whole record there. And I gave those demos to Flood and he was like, ‘Right, let’s make that – just bigger and better.’”
She elucidates the process. “We recorded it with just me, Simon (Robbs – longtime guitarist) and a drummer, and it just set the songs free. Recording the album felt like you imagine the old days must have been. It all happened so naturally.”
Karima’s first album on Mercury, ‘The Remedy’ was produced by Flood (U2, PJ Harvey, Depeche Mode, Nick Cave) and mixed by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Amy Winehouse, Rufus Wainwright). Highlights include 'Glory Days', 'Stay', 'The Remedy' – pure gospel-tinged euphoria – and ‘Wherever I Go’; the first single and rough-hewn tear-jerker.
Karima’s live shows invite audiences into her world and this spring she’ll be back doing what she does best. Joined by guitarist Simon Robbs and bassist Ben Adey, Karima plays a massive tour throughout April and May.
Apr 21st - Sheffield, The Plugs Small Room
Apr 23rd - Southampton, Cellar
Apr 24th - Bristol, Louisiana
Apr 26th - Birmingham, Glee Club
Apr 27th - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
Apr 28th - Swansea, Sin City
Apr 29th - Oxford, Jericho
May 1st - Chester, Telford’s Warehouse
May 2nd - Liverpool, Eric’s
May 3rd - Manchester, Night & Day
May 4th - Glasgow, ABC2
May 5th - Leeds, Live At Leeds
May 7th - Newcastle, Cluny
May 8th - Preston, Madferret
May 9th - Reading, South Street
May 12th - Brighton, The Great Escape
May 13th - Bath, Moles
May 14th - Exeter, Cavern Club
May 16th - Nottingham, Bodega
May 17th - London, Hoxton Hall
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