Overview
- Beth Orton announced Monday her ninth album, The Ground Above, due June 26 on Partisan.
- She shared a new single, “Waiting,” which she describes as a celebration of moving out of a fear-driven holding pattern.
- Orton produced the album herself and recorded with a core group that includes Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Beste, Nick Hakim, Tom Skinner, and others in largely live sessions.
- The eight-song collection is sequenced in two halves, with the first described as fragmented and searching and the second as warmer and more expansive.
- A headlining tour begins September 15 in Washington, D.C., covers the U.S. and Canada, then moves to U.K. dates in October including London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre.