Joan As Police Woman Details New LP 'The Solution Is Restless', Shares Take Me To Your Leader
Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Giles Clement
Joan As Police Woman has announced a new album.
'The Solution Is Restless' will arrive on November 5 and was collaboratively written and recorded with Dave Okumu of The Invisible and late Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Blur and Gorillaz vocalist Damon Albarn also features among the record's 10 tracks, contributing vocals to Get My Bearings.
As a preview, Joan Wasser has shared the first single, Take Me To Your Leader, a chilled, jazz-inspired track led by Wasser's deep, soulful vocals. Check it out below alongside the LP's cover art and tracklist. She said:
"Damon Albarn introduced me to Afrobeat legend, Tony Allen, at the March 2019 Africa Express event 'The Circus' and we hit it off. Tony and I played a version of Nina Simone's I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free and decided to record together. I asked my old friend and fierce musician, Dave Okumu, to join from London, and that November, in a Parisian studio, we improvised all night.
"When the world shut down, I used those recordings to write a record entitled 'The Solution Is Restless'. This first single, Take Me To Your Leader, is the most incendiary on the new record. I wrote it watching Jacinda Ardern, PM of New Zealand, navigate 2020. In my dream world, the US asks to meet her in order to learn how to better run the country. 'Take me to your leader/ 'cause I'm ready to play/ can’t hold my breath any longer/ word on the street is she’s a healer/I know I’m down to obey/ and don’t we need a break in the chaos.'"
Wasser will support the release with a rescheduled UK and European tour in spring 2022. Original tickets remain valid.
'The Solution Is Restless' tracklist:
1. The Barbarian
2. Get My Bearings (featuring Damon Albarn)
3. Take Me To Your Leader
4. Masquerader
5. Dinner Date
6. Enter The Dragon
7. Geometry Of You
8. The Love Has Got Me
9. Perfect Shade Of Blue
10. Reaction
Joan As Police Woman Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Wed February 23 2022 - BARCELONA La Nau (Spain)
Thu February 24 2022 - VALENCIA 16 Toneladas (Spain)
Fri February 25 2022 - ZARAGOSA Las Armas (Spain)
Sat February 26 2022 - MADRID El Sol (Spain)
Sun February 27 2022 - MURIAS TBA (Spain)
Wed March 02 2022 - LISBON Auditorio Carlos Peredes (Portugal)
Thu March 03 2022 - SETUBAL Forum Luisa Todi (Portugal)
Fri March 04 2022 - GUARDA Municipal Theatre (Portugal)
Mon March 07 2022 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso (Netherlands)
Tue March 08 2022 - BRUSSELS Botanique (Belgium)
Wed March 09 2022 - PARIS Cafe De La Danse (France)
Fri March 11 2022 - HEERLEN Parkstad Lumburg Theaters (Netherlands)
Sat March 12 2022 - TURNHOUT De Warande (Belgium)
Sun March 13 2022 - BERLIN Passionskirche (Germany)
Mon March 14 2022 - MUNICH Freiheiz (Germany)
Tue March 15 2022 - VIENNA WUK (Austria)
Thu March 17 2022 - PORDENONE Capitol (Italy)
Sat March 19 2022 - ROME Auditorium Parco Della Musica (Italy)
Mon March 21 2022 - STOCKHOLM Sondra Theatre (Sweden)
Fri March 25 2022 - HAMBURG Elbphilharmonie (Germany)
Sat March 26 2022 - AARHUS Voxhall (Denmark)
Sun March 27 2022 - COPENHAGEN Vega (Denmark)
Tue March 29 2022 - LONDON Union Chapel
Wed March 30 2022 - BRIGHTON, BN2 1ED St George's Church
Thu March 31 2022 - BATH Bath Komedia
Fri April 01 2022 - CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Junction
Sun April 03 2022 - LEEDS Wardrobe
Mon April 04 2022 - GLASGOW King Tuts
Tue April 05 2022 - BELFAST Black Box
Thu April 07 2022 - GALWAY Roisinh Dubh
Fri April 08 2022 - LIMERICK Dolans
Sat April 09 2022 - CORK St Lukes Church
Sun April 10 2022 - DUBLIN Pepper Canister Church
Mon April 11 2022 - DUBLIN Pepper Canister Church
Sat June 18 2022 - GALZIGNANO TERME Anfiteatro Del Venda (Italy)
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