New York, NY (Top40 Charts) As the July 19 release of her eagerly anticipated self-titled debut album approaches, today
Freya Ridings shares the video for her new single "
Castles". Directed by Isaac Rice (Iggy Azalea,
Little Mix), the video was filmed in several locations around London.
Freya Ridings is the new star tipped by everyone from
Taylor Swift to Florence Welch and Richard Quinn. She became the surprise success story of 2018 with her breakthrough platinum-selling hit "Lost Without You." A once-in-a-lifetime song that immediately put Ridings on the map in the UK, it hit the Top 10 on seven separate occasions during a six-month run in the Top 40 and is now approaching 200 million streams.
While "
Lost Without You" established Ridings' rising star status, it was the strength of her live shows that first earned her a word-of-mouth fanbase - as captured in her early live recordings "Live At Omeara" and "Live At St. Pancras Old Church." This fall, she will return to North
America for a string of tour dates supporting Hozier, including a show at the iconic Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on October 25.
Every tour has seen Ridings rise to play bigger venues, most recently with a sold-out London show at The Roundhouse. Last month, she also announced details of her biggest UK tour to date, which will see her play to a combined audience of over 23,000. Tickets are available from www.gigsandtours.com and www.ticketmaster.co.uk. In addition to the headline tour and recent performances at Glastonbury and Isle of Wight, Ridings still has a busy summer of major UK festival dates ahead of her including Latitude, the BBC Summer Social, Wilderness Festival, and Electric Picnic.
Ridings' debut album is now available to pre-order and features previous singles "
Lost Without You", "
You Mean The World To Me", "
Blackout", and new single "
Castles". Plus, there are new recordings of tracks "
Poison" and "
Elephant" and brand-new material including live-favorite "
Holy Water" and "Still Have You."
Ridings wrote all of the twelve songs that feature on the album which underpins her world class credentials as a songwriter. In an era in which hits are inevitably written by committee, "
Lost Without You" saw Ridings become the first female artist to have an entirely self-written Top 10 hit since Kate Bush's "
Running Up That Hill" returned to the charts in 2012.
It explores themes of doubt, pain, regret, and vulnerability within songs of alchemical incandescence. Ridings' extraordinary, vibrato-rich voice elevates them into her greatness - a vocal gift that's undoubtedly one of the most powerful voices of her generation.
Track Listing - Freya Ridings
Poison
Lost Without You
You Mean The World To Me
Castles
Love Is Fire
Holy Water
Blackout
Ultraviolet
Still Have You
Unconditional
Elephant
Wishbone
Freya Ridings - 2019 North American Tour
All dates are supporting Hozier.
10/17 - Portland, OR @ Rose Garden - Theater of the Clouds
10/18 - Vancouver, BC @ Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
10/19 - Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater at CenturyLink Field Events Center
10/21 - Sacramento, CA @ Memorial Auditorium
10/24 -
Santa Barbara, CA @
Santa Barbara Bowl
10/25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
10/26 - San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre
10/29 - Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theatre
10/30 - Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
10/31 - El Paso, TX @ Abraham Chavez Theatre
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