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SUDAN ARCHIVES
shares new single + video
OMG BRITT

+ New album
NATURAL BROWN PROM QUEEN
out tomorrow, September 9

+ ON TOUR IN NORTH AMERICA, UK AND EUROPE THROUGHOUT 2022

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“Beyond its narrative sharpness, beyond its thematic generosity, the achievement of Natural Brown Prom Queen is, to me, not just in how it will summon you towards movement, but also the many ways it does that summoning, the many eras and sonic landscapes it calls to in order to do that work.”  – AUTHOR AND POET HANIF ABDURRAQIB ON NATURAL BROWN PROM QUEEN

Fresh from a sweaty run of UK festival appearances at All Points East, FORWARDS, End of the Road and more, Sudan Archives shares OMG BRITT and the song’s official video.  The new single is the fourth and final taste of her highly anticipated second album Natural Brown Prom Queen out tomorrow, Friday 9 September via Stones Throw.

On OMG BRITT, Sudan effortlessly flows over a trap-indebted production that grows increasingly complex as the song progresses, an effect emphasised by the futuristic and claustrophobic video by Zach Sulak.  The song was produced by Sudan Archives, JD Reid (slowthai, Mabel, Ghetts), Ben Dickey and Simon on the Moon.

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Natural Brown Prom Queen is an epic record that is also her most personal, taking in race, womanhood, and the fiercely loyal, loving relationships at the heart of Sudan’s life with her family, friends, and partner. 

When Sudan burst onto the scene in 2017 with Come Meh Way, she was a violinist and loop maker producing beats in her bedroom. While her debut album Athena drew inspiration from divine Black feminine power, on Natural Brown Prom Queen Sudan is in character as Britt, the girl next door from Cincinnati who drives around the city with the top down and shows up to high-school prom in a pink furry bikini with her thong hanging out her denim skirt.

From first listen, it’s immediately apparent that Natural Brown Prom Queen is Sudan’s most ambitious work to date, spanning 18 tracks and nearly an hour of music – from the disco-influenced R&B of Home Maker to Afrocentric anthem Selfish Soul, hip-hop banger OMG Britt, the wild ride of NBPQ (Topless) and the ballad Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant). Fittingly for an album named for a homecoming event, Natural Brown Prom Queen is all about home: both Sudan’s adopted hometown of L.A. and Cincinnati, where she was raised. It’s intimate in all senses of the word, with Sudan unafraid to be vulnerable, tender and open about her insecurities. But the record is also about finding pleasure – after all, this is the artist who played violin upside-down on a pole in a music video. On Natural Brown Prom Queen, Sudan Archives invites you to join in and embrace shared joy.

The lead-up to Natural Brown Prom Queen has made for a monumental summer for Sudan, including being named as a member of YouTube Music’s Foundry Class of 2022 (alongside the likes of Babytron, Obongjayar, and Genesis Owusu), guesting on Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder podcast for a deep dive into the writing and recording of Selfish Soul, and receiving glowing write-ups from Vulture, Billboard, Pitchfork, SPIN, AV Club, Hypebeast, and many more.

Following the album’s release, Sudan will embark on her Homecoming Tour in North America, the UK and Europe, her first headline run since the tour for her 2019 album Athena. Tickets are on sale now – full dates below.

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SUDAN ARCHIVES
ON TOUR

Homecoming Tour
North America:

Sept 24 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
Sept 25 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club
Sept 26 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Sept 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Sep 29  – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Sept 30 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune
Oct 1 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Oct 5 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
​​Oct 7  – Toronto, ON – Axis
Oct 8 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson
Oct 10 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 11 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
Oct 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (The Hall)
Oct 14 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Oct 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Sound Series Block Party
Oct 17 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Oct 18 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Oct 19 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room

Homecoming Tour
Europe & UK

4 Nov – Milan, Italy – Circolo Magnolia
5 Nov – Zurich, Switzerland – Moods
6 Nov – Munich, Germany – Ampere
8 Nov – Vienna, Austria – Grelle Forelle
9 Nov – Prague, Czech Republic – Futurum Music Bar
10 Nov – Warsaw, Poland – Hybrydy
12 Nov – Copenhagen, Denmark – Hotel Cecil
13 Nov – Berlin, Germany – Metropol
15 Nov – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Noord
17 Nov – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
18 Nov – Paris, France – Pitchfork Music Festival 
21 Nov – Dublin, Ireland – Whelan’s
24 Nov – Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall
25 Nov – Barcelona, Spain – La 2 de Apolo

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NEW SINGLE – OMG BRITT – OUT NOW
NEW ALBUM – NATURAL BROWN PROM QUEEN  PRE-ORDER

Natural Brown Prom Queen
track list

1. Home Maker
2. NBPQ (Topless)
3. Is This Real? (Can You Hear Yourself?)
4. Ciara
5. Selfish Soul
6. Loyal (EDD)
7. OMG BRITT
8. ChevyS10
9. Copycat (Broken Notions)
10. It’s Already Done
11. FLUE
12. TDLY (Homegrown Land)
13. Do Your Thing (Refreshing Springs)
14. Freakalizer
15. Homesick (Gorgeous & Arrogant)
16. Milk Me
17. Yellow Brick Road
18. #513

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