New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Vagabon (aka Lætitia Tamko)'s self-titled sophomore album is out now on CD and digitally via Nonesuch Records, with vinyl coming soon. The follow up to her breakout debut, Infinite Worlds, it is an artistic leap for Tamko, who wrote and produced the entire album. Guitar-driven melodies are largely absent, replaced by hybridized analog and digital arrangements. To pick up a copy, head to your local record store, iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, and the Top40-Charts.com Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album and a limited-edition autographed print while they last.
"Vagabon chronicles a life enriched, and made complicated, by stepping into new contexts," writes the New Yorker's Hua Hsu. "Her singing offers structure to textures that are ethereal, moody, and ever-shifting... Each song on Vagabon feels like a small world." "Her songs embrace mixed, elusive emotions," writes the New York Times's Jon Pareles: "longing and ambivalence, displacement and stability, seeking a home and leaving it behind, confronting fears and searching for hope."
"With a new album, and a dramatically different sound," says Pitchfork, "Laetitia Tamko wants to be nothing less than the best-and she's putting in the work to make it happen." The new album is "a cosmic journey through synthetic sounds, lush orchestral suites and lyrical self-realization," says Paste. "The result is an ambitious album overflowing with generosity and empathy, warm in production and rich in theme."
Clash gives this "indie-pop masterpiece" a nine out of ten, calling it "simply captivating from start to finish ... A voice as captivating as hers is rare, combine it with ultimate creative freedom and then it results in this truly gorgeous sound ... The work of an immensely talented melodic mastermind, Laetitia Tamko's second album touches on the magical."
Vagabon marked the release of the new album by releasing a new video for the album track "Every Woman" directed by Lino Asana and with a concert at
National Sawdust in Brooklyn earlier this week. She heads to
Europe to tour next week, performing in London, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris. She returns to the States to tour as special guest of
Angel Olsen through the rest of the year.
VAGABON ON TOUR
Oct 21 St. Pancras Old Church London, UK
Oct 22 Botanique/Rotonde Brussels, BELGIUM
Oct 23 Kastine am Berghain Berlin, GERMANY
Oct 24 Hasard Ludique Paris, FRANCE
Oct 30 Asbury Lanes* Asbury Park, NJ
Oct 31 Franklin
Music Hall* Philadelphia, PA
Nov 1&2 Lincoln Theatre* Washington, DC
Nov 4 Variety Playhouse* Atlanta, GA
Nov 5 Civic Theatre* New Orleans, LA
Nov 7 Levitation Festival* Austin, TX
Nov 8 Granada Theater* Dallas, TX
Nov 9 The Criterion* Oklahoma City, OK
Nov 10 The Granada* Lawrence, KS
Nov 12 First Avenue* Minneapolis, MN
Nov 13 The Sylvee* Madison, WI
Nov 14 The Riviera Theatre* Chicago, IL
Nov 15 Royal Oak
Music Theatre* Detroit, MI
Nov 16 Queen
Elizabeth Theatre* Toronto, ON
Nov 18 mTelus* Montreal, QC
Nov 19 Royale* Boston, MA
Nov 22 Brooklyn Steel* Brooklyn, NY
Dec 2 The Van Buren* Phoenix, AZ
Dec 3 The Observatory North Park* San Diego, CA
Dec 5 Palace Theater* Los Angeles, CA
Dec 7 Fox Theater* Oakland, CA
Dec 9 Roseland* Portland, OR
Dec 10 The Orpheum Theatre* Vancouver, BC
Dec 11 Moore Theatre* Seattle, WA
Dec 13 The Depot* Salt Lake City, UT
Dec 14&15 The Gothic Theatre* Denver, CO
* w/Angel Olsen
