SBT – “The Gift”

After a long sabbatical from releasing music, songwriter Sarabeth Tucek re-emerges this week with a new single under the banner of SBT. Paring with longtime producer Luther Russell (Those Pretty Wrongs), Tucek’s latest single is far removed from the spare folk and Americana that marked 2011’s Get Well Soon. “The Gift” is a propulsive, sweetly sublime arrangement that moves away from her roots in Dylan and Young towards a more complex pop sound with a sharp turn towards the tension of Bat For Lashes and PJ Harvey. The song spins the listener around with a tonal shift, letting on early with ‘60s strums and playful hues until just after the two-minute mark when the shutters clamp down and the song embraces a dark hunger. The vocals begin to swim around the headspace until they’re devoured by guitars, peaking in a moment of feedback and froth. The new single is out January 27th, with an album, Joan of All, on the way this Spring.

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SBT (Sarabeth Tucek) • Joan of All • UK Tour 2023

15.05 • London • Rough Trade West
17.05 • Salford • BBC Radio 6 Music • Marc Riley [Live Session] 18.05 • Manchester • The Deaf Institute
19.05 • Birkenhead • Future Yard
20.05 • Selby • Selby Town Hall
22.05 • Newcastle • The Cluny
23.05 • Glasgow • The Hug and Pint
24.05 • Kendal • Brewery Arts
25.05 • Sheffield • The Greystones
26.05 • Newport • Isle of Wight • Quay Arts
27.05 • Truro • Old Bakery Studios
28.05 • Marlborough • St Peters Church via Sound Knowledge 
30.05 • Nottingham • Rough Trade
31.05 • Bristol • Rough Trade 
01.06 • London • Rough Trade East
02.06 • Ramsgate • Ramsgate Music Hall
03.06 • Corsham • Pound Arts
04.06 • Birmingham • Hare & Hounds