Allen Tate Goes For Adds

Allen Tate first received acclaim as the lead singer of San Fermin. Bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone wrote about half of San Fermin’s songs for Tate’s distinctive baritone voice, which has been described as “sterling,” “gorgeous,” and “golden” by the likes of Rolling Stone and NPR. With the band, he has performed sold-out shows across the world and has shared the stage with The Arctic Monkeys, The National, St. Vincent, and alt-j. It was during a three-week stay in Copenhagen with the band that Tate began composing Sleepwalker, an album that addresses the isolation he felt while staying in a foreign country. “I didn’t know a soul and didn’t really interact with anyone,” he says. The album’s nine songs all “have something to do with feeling alone—physically alone, or… estranged.” Tate and Ludwig-Leone, who produced the record, tried to convey the sense of a “menacing bath: warm and enveloping, but with an element of anxiety.” Mixed by Matty Green (TV on the Radio, Yeasayer, Wild Belle), the album’s personnel also includes San Fermin’s Michael Hanf on drums and Tyler McDiarmid on guitar.

Lead single “Being Alone” succinctly captures the album’s essence, with melancholic wordplay and minimalist sounds that mirror Tate’s feelings of loneliness in Denmark. Ornamented with flowing guitar arpeggios and bassy brass, the song provides an enticing taste of a full LP that shares honest observations of the many ways we often feel alone. \

 

RIYL: Bill Callahan, Giant Sand, Lee Hazelwood, San Fermin

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Label: Votiv

Going For Adds 8/22 & 8/23