Sudan Archives announces new album Natural Brown Prom Queen, shares "NBPQ (Topless)"
Sudan Archives has announced her new album, Natural Brown Prom Queen, and shared its third single, “NBPQ (Topless).”
The track was written and produced by Archives, Simon on the Moon, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Ben Dickey.
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Archives is unfettered on “NBPQ (Topless)” as she experiments with different rhythms and forms of percussion. Occasionally, a subtle violin appears, tying each component of the song together with its subdued cry.
She revealed the track’s inspiration in a press release.
“[The song is] about my insecurities that I have being a brown skin Black female in the world and how to navigate through that while facing American beauty standards,” she explains. “It’s a song of redemption and freedom.”
In May, Archives announced her North American Homecoming tour. Make sure to grab tickets here.
Check below for “NBPQ (Topless)” and tour dates.
Sudan Archives 2022 festival dates
07/07 – 07/10 – Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
07/08 – Montreal, QC @ Montréal Jazz Festival
07/22 – 07/24 – Seattle, WA @ Capitol Hill Block Party
07/29 – 07/31 – Denver, CO @ Underground Music Showcase
07/30 – Omaha, NE @ Maha Festival
08/19 – 08/21 – Hamburg, DE @ MS Dockville Festival
08/23 – Leeds, UK @ Belgrave Music Hall
08/25 – London, UK @ All Points East
08/26 – Stockholm, SE @ Popaganda Festival
08/26 – 08/28 – Darmstadt, DE @ Golden Leaves Festival
08/28 – Edinburgh, UK @ Connect Festival
08/30 – Brighton, UK @ Pattern
09/01 – 09/04 – Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Festival
09/03 – Bristol, UK @ FORWARDS Festival
Sudan Archives 2022 tour dates
09/24 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern
09/25 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Music Club
09/26 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
09/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
09/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
10/01 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
10/05 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/08 – Ottawa, ON @ Bronson
10/10 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
10/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
10/14 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
10/17 – Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
10/18 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
10/19 – Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
10/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
