Sudan Archives thrives in contradiction — bold yet self-conscious, experimental yet rooted in instinct. On her third album she trades the sun-kissed exuberance of ‘Natural Brown Prom Queen’ for something grittier and more nocturnal: a breakup record that sweatily dances its way through the rebuild. It’s a versatile and cathartic record that may well break the LA violinist-singer-producer into the mainstream.
Dead explodes out of the gate. Over a titanium-plated house groove, Sudan reintroduces herself — “Hello, it’s me / Did you miss me?” — with a swagger that just about feels earned rather than performed. Her violin, once a pastoral accent, now slices through the mix like sci-fi weaponry, bending the emotional arc from grief to transcendence. It’s a bit of a mission statement track: resurrection via rhythm.
Elsewhere Ms Pac Man has pure chaos-in-high-heels energy. Sudan leans into cartoonish menace, flipping arcade bravado into club warfare.
“Eating bitches up, kinda scary,” she sneers, delivering one of the most quotable lines on the record. The beat is jagged Jersey club — kick drums punching like jealous exes — yet her delivery is playful, elastic, even clownish, like Missy Elliott collaborating with Vanessa Mae. It’s a reminder that her music can be pretty funny.
The strongest, though, is My Type, a shimmering, disco-funk comet that streaks directly into the bloodstream. Here she drops the posturing and leans into pure, sexy euphoria. The bassline is buttery, the topline addictive, and her delivery effortlessly melodic.
Unlike a lot of ‘The BPM’, this track has zero existential baggage — just joy, groove and neon-lit desire. It works as a kind of album centrepiece and demonstrates that in the middle of emotional wreckage, she appears to find a kind of dancefloor salvation. Catch her live if you can.
Sudan Archives Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows:
Wed December 03 2025 - LONDON Roundhouse
Thu December 04 2025 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 2
Fri December 05 2025 - LEEDS Stylus
Sat December 06 2025 - GLASGOW QMU
Mon December 08 2025 - DUBLIN Academy
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