Tracey Thorn is an English singer and songwriter best known for being one half of the duo Everything But The Girl, which she formed in 1981 with musical partner and husband Ben Watt. Out of the Woods is Thorn’s first strictly solo album since 1982′s indie classic A Distant Shore and first new original release since Everything But The Girl’s 1999 album Temperamental.
The whole idea of making a new album hatched about two years ago after a collaboration with German duo Tiefschwarz on the dancefloor hit “Damage”. Thorn originally thought the album would be mostly covers but she somehow “found [herself] writing more songs and collaborating with people” and she “made a pop record without really meaning to”.
With producer Ewan Pearson she has developed an electrofolk sound Ranging from subdued electronica to downright glittering disco, the songs on Out Of The Woods really enhance Thorn’s lyrics and magical voice.
The first single “It’s All True” is already receiving a lot of well deserved blog love and we are starting to hear the first remixes. Kris Menace, Martin Buttrich and Escort are amongst the first artists to give the song the remix treatment. They probably won’t be the last..
Tracey Thorn – It’s All True (Escort Extended Remix)
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BEN WATT – GUINEA PIG (Deep House/Ambient – UK) says:
July 22, 2010 at 3:21 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] TRACEY THORN – OUT OF THE WOODS (Electronica/Indie – UK) « umstrum || music [...]
ANNIE – SONGS REMIND ME OF YOU (Disco/Pop – Norway) says:
June 18, 2011 at 12:09 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] demand a double take. With collaborators including Richard X (Róisín Murphy, M.I.A) Paul Epworth (Tracey Thorn, Friendly Fires) or Xenomania (Kylie Minogue, Sugababes), Annie has put together a solid collection [...]
TRACEY THORN – WHY DOES THE WIND? (Folk/Electronica – UK) says:
June 18, 2011 at 3:25 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] nice to see the songstress reconnecting with the glittering autobiographical folk-disco of Out Of The Woods, the album that saw her re-emerge after a long self-imposed hiatus in her career to start a family. [...]
umstrum LIVE – PLAYLIST 29/06/2011 says:
June 30, 2011 at 10:09 pm (UTC 1 )
[...] Li – I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) Tracey Thorn – It’s All True Mount Kimbie – [...]