JOAN ARMATRADING RELEASES HIGHLY ACCLAIMED 22ND STUDIO ALBUM CONSEQUENCES
“Juxtaposing layers of crisp riffs and rhythms while wielding a voice that can dive into a hearty contralto or leap upward to radiate fragility and tenderness” – The New York Times
“Consequences finds her at the peak of her game” – Rolling Stone
“Uncompromising artistic vision” – Yahoo!
“Joan Armatrading has maintained her introspective songwriting and moving vocals while navigating through a variety of genres.” – The Wall Street Journal
“Joan Armatrading will render interior mysteries with such forthright clarity, attuned so sensitively to the rhythms of feeling, that she makes the most terrible depths of heartbreak seem, to start, bearable. And then she’ll make you smile.” – Pitchfork
“Consequences offers no shortage of rhythm-ready offerings, which ensure the enthusiasm remains at a constant peak.” – American Songwriter
Joan Armatradinghas released her new album Consequences via BMG, one of her most intimate and direct albums yet and one that wears its conscience and its heart on its sleeve. “I feel as excited about this album as I did when Love And Affection came out. Butterflies!”, says Armatrading.
Consequences ably illustrates the fact that Joan Armatrading never likes to repeat herself. Her 22nd studio album is a very different follow up to 2018’s UK’s Top 30 hit album Not Too Far Away.
Of course the change of musical pace will come as no surprise to Joan‘s many legions of world-wide fans since she has always been a pioneer in what she does – ever since the release of her first album in 1972 when her then record company, by their own admission, had little idea of how to present her, being so outside the norm. It should also be remembered that Joan Armatrading was the very first female singer/songwriter from the UK to have international success with the songs she wrote and performed.
Whether she’s playing a blinding electric guitar solo that would put many of the recognized ‘Guitar Heroes’ in the shade or focusing on specific genres like jazz or blues, Joan has always gone where the muse takes her with no predictability attached. Repetition isn’t in her lexicon, even when composing the music for The Tempest and as demonstrated on the recently screened documentary about her career, ‘Me, Myself, I.’ With her heartfelt, direct, and melodic trademark vocal style and lyrics that tell it exactly how it is and a strong rhythmic flow throughout, Consequences is an album of some surprises for sure but couched in a passionate intensity that benefits from listening to it straight through from start to finish. A complete aural experience and an uncompromising tour de force that engages and gets better with every listen. And while the subject matter, love in its many guises, is an intrinsically intimate topic this is not an album about Joan herself but rather, as with all her work, one written from observation and where she has created songs that people can make their own, applying the lyrics to whatever their own circumstances might be.
The current single, Already There, is a perfect example of this as it details the common experience of when one person in a couple is already in love while the other still hasn’t quite arrived yet emotionally.
On July 31st 2021, Joan Armatrading does something she has never done before – she streams a specially performed live concert to her fans across the world.
JOAN ARMATRADING WITH BAND – LIVE FROM LONDON
Saturday, July 31, 2021, 8pm GMT/ 3pm ET/ 12pm PT
Streaming Platform: Vimeo
Tickets: $33.44 on sale now
Ticket Purchase HERE
This is a Stream-only concert and cannot be downloaded. Once purchased, the concert will also be available to view 24 hours after the concert ends.
With her heartfelt, direct and melodic trademark vocal style and lyrics that tell it exactly how it is and a strong rhythmic flow throughout, Consequences is an album of some surprises for sure but couched in a passionate intensity – while the subject matter, love in its many guises, is an intrinsically intimate topic this is not an album about Joan herself but rather, as with all her work, one written from observation, with lyrics that people can make their own and apply to their own circumstances.
Consequences in CD, vinyl and digital format is comprised of 10 tracks in total, all written, performed, and produced by Armatrading.
Consequences track list:
1. Natural Rhythm
2.Already There
3.To Be Loved
4.Better Life
5.Glorious Madness
6.Like
7.Consequences
8.Sunrise (Instrumental)
9.Think About Me
10.To Anyone Who Will Listen
Consequences now available HERE
About Joan Armatrading
Since the release of her last album, Joan has been made a CBE (from an MBE) become a Trustee of The Princes Trust, been awarded an Ivor Novello Fellowship, and received an Americana Lifetime Achievement Award plus a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women of the Year. Joan completed a major sold-out UK and American tour in 2018 following a massive 235 date world tour in 2014/15.
Among many other accolades she is the first female British artist to debut at number 1 in the Billboard Blues chart, where she stayed for 12 weeks and was the first ever female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category.
