Montreal songstress Cœur de Pirate (that's French for heart of a pirate), made her name writing shimmying pop songs that were coyly cute, heavy on the hooks, and deeply inspired by 60s yé-yé pop—a combo that was met with resounding acclaim and consolidated on her 2012 album Blonde. Tomorrow the singer—born Béatrice Martin—returns with Roses, her third full-length that wipes clean any retro references, and instead finds the 25-year-old penning tunes with a Scandi-pop bent, teaming up with Sweden's Björn Yttling (of Peter, Bjorn and John) on production, as well as Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey, Marianne Faithfull) and Ash Workman (Metronomy, Christine and the Queens). Pretty pristine company. Oh and she's moving away from singing only in French to including lilting English, which is definitely new territory for her.Below is the premiere of "Undone," another taster from her imminent LP. With percussion reminiscent of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers," cascading synths, and Martin's candy-coated melodies, "Undone" manages to sound both melancholic and optimistic. Dive in.Cœur de Pirate Tour DatesAugust 29th, Festival de la Poutine, DrummondvilleSeptember 16th, Métropolis / Pop Montreal, MontréalSeptember 19th, Commodore Ballroom, VancouverSeptember 21th, Neumos, Seattle WASeptember 22th, Doug Fir Lounge, Portland ORSeptember 24th, Bimbo’s 365, San Francisco CASeptember 26th, The Troubadour, Los Angeles CAOctober 1st, L’Impérial Bell, Québec (Complet)October 2nd, Théâtre Banque National, SaguenayOctober 7th, Phoenix Theatre, TorontoOctober 9th, Théâtre Granada, SherbookeOctober 14th, Théâtre Lionel-Groulx, Sainte-ThérèseOctober 16th, Salle André-Prévost, St-JérômeOctober 17th, Salle Odysée, GatineauOctober 20th, L’Étoile, BrossardOctober 21st, Brighton Music Hall, Allston MAOctober 22nd, Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NYOctober 25th, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington DCOctober 28th, Salle Desjardins, TerrebonneRoses is out tomorrow via Cherrytree Records/Interscope Records.
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