As anticipation continues to mount in the run up to the release of her feverishly awaited debut album, BANKS announces new single 'Beggin For Thread', premiered by Zane Lowe and available to stream and buy now.
'Beggin For Thread' presents another facet of the riveting musical palette on display on BANKS debut album, a propulsive track of enticing electronic pop that is as bracingly intelligent as it is charged with visceral intent.
Having performed a triumphant set to an expectant crowd at Lovebox Festival this summer, Banks has announced she will be returning to the UK in November for a select number of dates, including her biggest headline show to date at Brixton O2 Academy, following selling out two consecutive KOKO dates earlier in the year.
Beforehand she will be embarking on a state-wide North American tour in September and October, as well as making her national US television debut August 7th on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
The news follows a fever pitch build that has seen BANKS emerge as a bona fide star in the making as part of a new generation of forward thinking artists. Recently wowing audiences in Roskilde and Coachella festivals as well as her own sold out-headline shows, topping the Spotify Viral Chart four times, accumulating over 20 million plays online and becoming a permanent fixture in the Hype Machine Charts, winning critical praise from all corners and plaudits running the gamut from Katy Perry to Karl Lagerfeld, it is clear that every transmission from BANKS is waited upon with bated breath.
UK Live Dates:
17.11 Birmingham Institute, UK
19.11 Glasgow, O2 ABC, UK
23.11 London, O2 Academy Brixton, UK
25.11 Manchester, Ritz, UK
Some things don't need to be defined. Some aren't meant to be in a box, held in proverbial captivity. They inherently defy a need for classification.
BANKS makes music. Great music. Why not just stop there? Allow her to be a siren for a generation, beckoning for self discovery. She begs for it.
Conveying her sound seems almost unfair. It's built on a simple notion of emotion. Perhaps that explains the near explosion of eager fans frantic to share their own discovery, ultimately propelling this songstress' art to the top of Hypem charts. A toy keyboard is all it took to awaken the inevitable. That evolved into a piano. The notes articulated feelings. Then chords turned to melodies. Heart-piercing lyrics cloaked in lush orchestration. This budding self-taught songstress, one whose voice echoes a generation writes with a restless urgency, lyrically candid yet relatable, weaving vivid imagery into pop-skewed lullabies as she lures with every note, every chord, every breath.
A hypnotic blend of beats, pianos, echoes and an addictive vocal presence, BANKS slips in and out of genres with an ease so effortless, it once again serves as a reminder to leave your tags behind. Hip-hop, Pop, R&B, Alternative, Electronic... they all live in this very place. And she can be any or all. Or none. A singer. A poet. A pianist. A narrator. An artist.
