ELLE KING ANNOUNCES SECOND STUDIO ALBUM SHAKE THE SPIRIT OUT OCTOBER 19TH ON RCA RECORDS
September 11, 2018
“SHAKE THE SPIRIT” TOUR TO HIT 12 CITIES THIS FALL
WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER: HERE
LISTEN TO NEW TRACK “GOOD THING GONE”: http://smarturl.it/GoodThingGone
LEAD SINGLE + VIDEO FOR “SHAME” OUT NOW: http://smarturl.it/xShame
“The song, a shuttering, shimmying blast of pop …a brazen invitation to give in to temptation…she sings in a near growl.” – Rolling Stone
“… mix(es) a bluesy tendency with her soulful tones, full of attitude and a catchy pop sensibility underlying its hard edges…give(s) her voice an extra raspy quality, making her sound distinctively her own.”- Time Magazine
“…the soulful Elle King captured hearts across the world with her sassy, lovelorn …‘Ex’s & Oh’s’… ‘Shame’ (is) a brassy tune about bad-girl antics…unstoppable series of hooks, as if daring us to feel shame for loving a song this wickedly good.” – Paper
“If you thought the Black Keys had cornered the market on blues-based stompers, she’s here to change your mind.” – Refinery 29
(New York – September 7, 2018) Three-time Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling artist Elle King announces today that her second studio album SHAKE THE SPIRIT will be released on October 19th via RCA Records. Elle simultaneously releases a brand new track “Good Thing Gone,” a soulful, show-stopping ballad written by Elle and her band The Brethren and produced by Elle with Matt Pence in his Denton, TX studio The Echo Lab. Click HERE to listen to “Good Thing Gone.” Fans who pre-order her album SHAKE THE SPIRIT will receive “Good Thing Gone” and lead single “Shame” instantly. Pre-order HERE.
Elle just revealed a short trailer for fans about the making of SHAKE THE SPIRIT, offering more detail on the emotionally challenging, yet artistically productive period of her life. – check it out HERE.
Speaking about the album, Elle King explains: “I decided to call it ‘Shake The Spirit’ because I was shaken to the core over the last year and a half. I was literally talking to ghosts. But making the album not only changed my life, it saved my life. It’s like when you see somebody who is struggling, you want to shake them. Putting this record out is like shaking myself awake.”
SHAKE THE SPIRIT Track Listing
Talk of the Town (written by Elle King and The Brethren)
Baby Outlaw (written by Elle King and Greg Kurstin)
Shame (written by Elle King and Tim Pagnotta)
Man’s Man (written by Elle King with Rebecca and Megan Lovell)
Naturally Pretty Girls (written by Elle King and Ben Gibbard)
Told You So (written by Elle King)
Good Thing Gone (written by Elle King and The Brethren)
Runaway (written by Elle King and Greg Kurstin)
It Girl (written by Elle King, The Brethren and Jason Fredericks)
Ram Jam (written by Elle King and The Brethren)
Sober (written by Elle King, The Brethren, Elliot Jacobson, Rebecca & Meghan Lovell)
Chained feat. Cameron Neal (Written by Elle King and Cameron Neal)
Little Bit of Lovin’ (Written by Elle King)
A select number of fans will be able to hear the new music live for the first time when Elle King & The Brethren present the SHAKE THE SPIRIT TOUR with stops in intimate venues across 12 major markets in the US, UK and Canada behind the album’s release. Jon Pareles of The New York Times describes Elle as “a sassy, hard-drinking, love-’em-and-leave-’em hellion with bad tattoos and a broad pedigree across rock, pop and country. She has Adele’s determination and Joan Jett’s stomp, Brenda Lee’s high-voiced bite and some AC/DC shriek.” The Kansas City Star writes of her live show: “riveting… King growled like the rockabilly pioneer Wanda Jackson…and evoked the R&B great Etta James.” Elle will be joined by special guest The Cordovas and tickets go on sale 9.14 at 10am local time in each market. Visit www.elleking.com for more details.
FALL TOUR DATES
Sept. 22 Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival
Oct. 2 London, England – Bush Hall
Oct. 7 + 14 Austin, TX- Austin City Limits Festival
Oct. 27 Atlanta, GA – ALT 105-7’s Saints And Sinners Ball, Park Tavern
Oct. 30 Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Nov. 2 Washington, DC – Lincoln Hall
Nov. 3 New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall
Nov.4 Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Nov. 5 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Nov. 8 Toronto, ONT – Opera House
Nov. 9 Columbus, OH- Newport Music Hall
Nov. 10 Chicago, IL – The Vic Theatre
Nov. 12 Los Angeles, CA – Belasco Theater
Upon its release, lead single “Shame,” was #1 most added at AAA Radio, Top 10 on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist and Top 10 on iTunes Alternative Songs Chart. “Shame” is a fun, devilish track that embraces bad influences: “I can make you better babe, Come pray with me, Get saved with me….I’m a fire, just a spark under your halo.” She celebrated its release with an electrifying performance on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” – watch it HERE. The video for “Shame” can be seen HERE. Elle co-wrote “Shame” with Tim Pagnotta who produced the single.
About Elle King:
Elle’s debut album Love Stuff, a sultry, badass mix of rock and roll, blues, and country, with a twinge of pop, features the breakthrough single “Ex’s & Oh’s,” which earned her two Grammy nominations and was certified double platinum. The track, about leaving behind a string of brokenhearted exes, hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock Songs Chart, and topped the AAA, Hot AC, and Alternative Radio charts, leading King to become the second female artist in 18 years to reach No. 1 at the latter format. She was also featured on Dierks Bentley’s Grammy-nominated No. 1 Country Airplay hit “Different For Girls” (she performed it with Bentley at the CMA Awards and took home an award for “Musical Event of the Year”). King also performed for President Obama in honor of Mavis Staples at the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors.
PRE-ORDER SHAKE THE SPIRIT: http://smarturl.it/ShakeTheSpirit
WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER: http://smarturl.it/STSAlbumTrailer
BUY/STREAM “GOOD THING GONE”: http://smarturl.it/GoodThingGone
BUY/STREAM “SHAME”: http://smarturl.it/xShame
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “SHAME”: http://smarturl.it/xShame/youtube
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