Alice Boman - The Space Between [Translucent Vinyl]

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£28.80

Format: LP, Translucent Vinyl
Catalogue No.: PIASR1300LP
Barcode: 5400863081874
Release Date: 21 Oct 2022
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 Alice Boman’s second album, available on CD housed in digisleeve and booklet, and translucent coloured vinyl housed in single sleeve with printed inners.
 Imbued with an enveloping warmth which radiates from Boman’s gossamer-light vocals, ‘The Space Between’ ruminates on intimacy and existential angst, her quiet contemplations cocooned in sympathetic arrangements created in collaboration with producer Patrik Berger (Robyn, Lana Del Rey).
 For ‘Feels Like A Dream’, additional vocals were provided by Perfume Genius, a collaboration that came about via Instagram and was recorded at a distance.
 “I have been a fan of his for a long time,” Boman explains. “I love his voice - it’s so special. Initially I wanted us to harmonise with each other but I love how the song turned out, with us each having our separate verses, and singing together at the end.”
 With vocals left largely unadorned throughout, the focus falls squarely on Boman’s lyrics, which were written from the deeply personal perspective of someone settled within a relationship, and learning to be vulnerable with their partner.
 The album is very much a journey, charting Boman’s progress from fear (‘Honey’, ‘Maybe’) to the ‘place of tenderness’ she ultimately arrives at on ‘Space’, the album’s exquisite closing track. It’s a journey she hopes listeners will share in, finding comfort in community. Because, as Boman knows all too well, when life gets too much, there’s always music.
 For fans of Aldous Harding, Angel Olsen, Sufjan Stevens.
 Tourdates - December 7 The Lexington London, 8 Gullivers Manchester, 10 Hug & Pint Glasgow, 11 Crofters Rights Bristol.

Tracklisting
Honey
Feels Like A Dream (feat. Perfume Genius)
Maybe
What Happens To The Heart
Night And Day
Soon
In Circles
Where To Put The Pain
On And On
Space