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Anna Calvi Announces Debut Album

• 10th Nov 2010

Domino is proud to announce the release of the self-titled debut album from Anna Calvi, on 17th January 2011 (in the UK & Europe, March 1st in the US).

Co-produced by Rob Ellis and recorded in London and France, Anna Calvi’s debut is an astonishingly confident record; the unique strengths of her songwriting, singing and guitar playing all jumping out of the speaker together.

The ghosts of Nina Simone and Maria Callas lurk in the corners of Calvi’s muse, as does the classical romanticism of Ravel and Debussy, a set of disparate influences informing Calvi’s thoroughly modern music.

Live, Anna Calvi has adopted an intimate backing band consisting of Mally Harpaz on guitar, harmonium and percussion, and Daniel Maiden-Wood on drums, a trio which is capable of producing incendiary performances of high drama.

Anna Calvi’s debut will be available on CD (WIGCD260), LP (WIGLP260), and via digital download (WIG260D). The full tracklisting is as follows:

1 – Rider To The Sea 6 – The Devil
2 – No More Words 7 – Blackout
3 – Desire 8 – I’ll Be Your Man
4 – Suzanne and I 9 – Morning Light
5 – First We Kiss 10 – Love Won’t Be Leaving

Click here for video footage of Anna Calvi performing the album closer, Love Won’t Be Leaving: link

Anna Calvi will be performing the following London dates including three shows as support to Interpol in December:

Thur 11th Nov: Upstairs at The Garage with Crippled Black Phoenix. Stage time 9.15pm
Wed 17th Nov: Dingwalls with Kurt Wagner and Cortney Tidwell. Stage time 8.20pm
Mon 29th Nov: XOYO, with Erland and the Carnival
Mon 6th Dec: Brixton Academy with Interpol.
Tues 7th Dec: Brixton Academy with Interpol.
Wed 8th Dec: Brixton Academy with Interpol.
Thur 27th Jan: Hoxton Hall, *album release show*