JESS RIBEIRO
Shares New Single ‘Stranger’
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AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS NEXT WEEK!
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JESS RIBEIRO today released the brand new track ‘Stranger’ premiered via Double J; the track is out now via Barely Dressed / Remote Control Records.
Produced by Ben Edwards (Aldous Harding/Marlon Williams/Julia Jacklin) and recorded as a 3-piece with Dave Mudie (Courtney Barnett) and Jade Imagine; ‘Stranger’ displays another shift in sound for the singer. Ribeiro has kissed the swampy humidity of the Australian Music Prize-nominated ‘Kill It Yourself’ goodbye; and embraced the precise down-strokes and valve-amp hum of a very New York lineage; from the Velvets through to Blondie and Talking Heads. It’s capped by those lethally cool vocals for which Ribeiro is revered.
In ‘Stranger’, Ribeiro’s voice travels as a narcotic purr; as she explores infatuation and all the daydreaming that comes alongside it. Ribeiro references the 19th-century French writer Stendhal and his recognition that “this is a love that lives only through the imagination”.
Also released today is Jess’s new video for the single; directed by Nick McKinlay.
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As Jess explains, “this music clip was made at my families truck yard in outback Australia. It features family members including my Uncles Chris, Tim, Pat and Anthony Kelly (martial artist – & Guinness World Record holder!)”
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Jess makes her film entrance tearing up the paddock doing doughnuts in her Uncle Chris’s V8 Ute; but soon everyone wanted to get involved.
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“As we brought out the Ute, everyone wanted to bring out their toys; including the military world war 1 Harley Davidson. Lot’s of cars and bikes didn’t make it through the final cut but that’s what happens when you make a song that goes for less than 4 minutes”
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The near-untouchable quality of Ribeiro’s recorded output is astonishingly consistent and the wait for new music is always worthwhile! No doubt there will be more gems to come from Ribeiro in the coming months. Until then – you can catch her live with Calexico (performing solo); or at one of her upcoming headline shows. Dates/details below.
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JESS RIBEIRO (Solo)
On Tour with Calexico
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Tuesday, 22 January – The Factory, Sydney
Thursday, 24 January – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Friday, 25 January – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Sunday, 27 January – The Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
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Love is the Score of Nothing
Australian Single Tour
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Saturday 2 February – Geddes Lane, Melbourne
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Thursday 7 February – Leadbelly, Sydney
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Friday 8 February – The Junk Bar, Brisbane
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