ESMÉ PATTERSON

Album 'We Were Wild' out 11 November 2016

Out on tour November and December

Video for ‘No River’

Xtra Mile Recordings is pleased to announce that it will release Esmé Patterson's third album; We Were Wild on CD and limited edition magenta vinyl on 11 November 2016. The album is available to download from our shop right now.

Check out the video to lead track ‘No River’.

When you're used to something, routine can be the most fun thing to smash to pieces. So it was that Esmé's efficient, straight-from-live recordings that served her so well for debut All Princes, I and breakthrough album 2014's Woman To Woman were jettisoned in favour of a prolonged period of pre-production. With it came splashes of vibrant colour, a swirl of hazy reverb, a twang of country and some sharper, more distorted and choppier electric guitars. It all lends necessary contrast and depth to the albums theme of seeking what Esmé's spirit needs, and indeed perhaps helping the listener on their way too, as explicitly suggested in 'Find It'.

'Feel Right' is a high energy opener, a happy-go-lucky Esmé careening into early 2000s garage rock. As a statement of intention lyrically and musically, it goes a long way to explaining the rest of the album, while sounding a little off kilter from it. ‘No River’ is a little more familiar but with the misty echoes and brittle sounds promised earlier, all allowing Esmé's evocative voice to swim in textured waters. 'The Waves' draws the sound underwater, adding a murkier, mysterious swarm of sound. 'Wantin' Ain't Gettin'' pedal steels to safety, gliding on a gorgeous shimmering melody. Lynchpin track 'Find It' has an almost doo-wop verse and chiming chords contrasting a sober warning about waiting too long to seek what you desire.

We Were Wild is a cohesive but experimental album, teasing further ambitions without losing the glorious clutch of melodies and harmonies that hammers Esmé's songwriting into your heart every time. Last time around, Esmé broke stereotypes and the one-dimensional views on females in songs. This time she's snapping her own restraints and weaving her way to more freedom than she ever thought she could have.

Catch Esmé on tour this winter when she supports Frank Turner throughout November and December as well as her own headline shows in Dublin and London. 

Esmé says:

"Really looking forward to my British Entrance (‘brentrance’) tour this November and December, opening for the one and only Frank Turner! Thanks so much to the wonderful folks at Xtra Mile for releasing We Were Wild to the rest of the world, it's such a pleasure working with that rad team. See you soon, UK!"

November

Tue 15^th Dublin The Ruby Sessions, Doyles Bar – headline show

Wed 16^th Dublin Olympia Theatre

Fri 18th Salisbury City Hall

Mon 21st Liverpool O2 Academy Liverpool

Tue 22nd Carlisle Sands Centre

Wed 23rd Doncaster Dome

Fri 25th Coventry The Empire

Sat 26th Cardiff The Great Hall

Sun 27th Oxford New Theatre

Mon 28th Exeter The Great Hall

Wed 30th Reading Hexagon

December

Thu 1st Leeds University Refectory

Fri 2nd Aberdeen The Garage

Sat 3rd Edinburgh Usher Hall

Mon 5th Scunthorpe Baths Hall

Tue 6th Warrington Parr Hall

Wed 7th Newcastle Northumbria Uni

Fri 9th Nottingham Rock City

Sat 10th De La Warr Pavilion

Sun 11th Norwich UEA

Mon 12th Guildford G Live

Tues 13^th London Servant Jazz Quarters – Headline show

Wed 14th Portsmouth Guildhall

Order from the Xtra Mile Recordings shop:

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www.xtramilerecordings.com  //  www.esmepatterson.com