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MOLLY BURCH
new album
ROMANTIC IMAGES 
is out now!

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MOLLY BURCH // Photo Credit: Jackie Lee Young

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Praise for Romantic Images

“Dreamy disco-pop” – Cosmopolitan

“Molly Burch’s smoky vocals and romantic, timeless sound make for a powerful one-two gut punch” – Nylon

“Cosmic disco” – The FADER

“A gorgeous listen, pairing two divine aesthetics for a dream pop pearl” – Clash

“Pop bop” – DIY Mag

“Technicolor glow…sugar-coated pop-ness that often targets the dance floor with rubbery bass and propulsive rhythms” – American Songwriter

“Disco territory with popping bass and sultry vocals” – Brooklyn Vegan

“Dreamy” – MXDWN

“A virtuosic accomplishment in how to compose a timeless collection of dream-pop indulgence.” – Gigwise

“Ferocious and mesmerizing” – The Luna Collective

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Today, Austin-based chanteuse Molly Burch drops her fourth studio album Romantic Images via Captured Tracks / Remote Control Records. Romantic Images is an intoxicating collection that prioritises ecstasy and escape, and forges a joyful soundtrack to liberation. The album features previously released singles including one of Cosmopolitan’s Best Songs of 2021 so far, ‘Emotion ft Wild Nothing’; “confident, unrequited love anthem” (FLOOD) ‘Heart of Gold’; “dreamy” (BrooklynVegan) ‘Control’; and“delightfully campy”(Nylon) ‘Took A Minute’, the video for the latter of which co-starred RuPaul Drag Race’s Cynthia Lee Fontaine.

Romantic Images marks a distinct evolution for Burch, both emotionally and sonically. Recorded in Denver with Tennis’ Alaina Moore and Pat Riley producing, the collection celebrates the timeless delights of a well-crafted pop song, flirting with Blondie, Madonna, and even Mariah Carey. Burch deliberately worked with more women collaborators than ever before on the album, and the results are transcendent, reveling in the passion and the power of the divine feminine. Written with the live show in mind, it’s easy to hear Burch’s commitment to collective catharsis in her lifted, airy delivery, which manages to exude both thoughtful introspection and carefree abandon all at once. The album was recorded over two weeks at Moore and Riley’s home studio with Burch and her bandmates–guitarist Dailey Toliver and drummer Thom Washburn. Gloria Kaba (Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest), Mikaelin “Blue” Bluespruce (Mariah Carey, Carly Rae Jepson, Solange Knowles) mixed and Heba Kadry (Bjork, Beach House) mastered the album.

Born and raised in southern California, Burch grew up infatuated with classic torch singers like Billie Holiday and Nina Simone, which led her to study jazz vocal performance in college. After graduation, she settled down outside Austin, TX, where she recorded her breakout 2017 debut, Please Be Mine, over the course of a single day. The album prompted an avalanche of critical acclaim and landed on a slew of Best Of lists, with Pitchfork hailing its “smoky vocals” and “shimmering guitar riffs.” A year later, she followed it up with the similarly well-received First Flower, which prompted GQ to proclaim that “Burch has the voice of an angel” and spurred NPR’s World Café to add that “she’s got the songwriting chops to back it up.” Never one to settle for the obvious, Burch returned again in 2019 with a full-length holiday LP, The Molly Burch Christmas Album which turned out to be far more consequential than she realised at the time and featured John Early and Kate Berlanton the Wham! classic ‘Last Christmas’ along with heartland hits like ‘Hard Candy Christmas’ and ‘Snowqueen of Texas’ and more.

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Buy / Listen Molly Burch – Romantic Images

Molly Burch
Romantic Images

1. Control
2. Games
3. Heart of Gold
4. Romantic Images
5. New Beginning
6. Took a Minute
7. Emotion feat. Wild Nothing
8. HoneyMoon Phase
9. Easy
10. Back In Time

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AMNPLIFY – JC