CoSign alum Sudan Archives is planning her return with a new album, The BPM, which is set for release on October 17th via Stones Throw. Listen to the double single “My Type” and “Yea Yea Yea” below.
The BPM follows Athena (2019) and Natural Brown Prom Queen (2022), with the latter landing on our Top 50 Albums of 2022 list.
The new album takes inspiration from Sudan Archives’ (real name Brittney Parks) mom’s roots in Michigan and her dad’s in Illinois, partially completing the record in Detroit and Chicago. She embraced the renowned club sounds of both cities while also incorporating a wide range dance-floor directives such as Jersey club and experimental beatwork. Maintaining the familial vibe, the artist worked with her sister, her best friend, a cousin from Detroit, and other close collaborators as opposed to outside producers.
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Among the themes explored on the LP include “mental illness, self-love, technology, romance and heartbreak even as it embraces a raucous, party-starting energy.”
The BPM also finds Sudan Archives introducing a new character known as Gadget Girl, explained as “a technologically advanced musician who’s exalted by her embrace of technology.”
“I was never the girl in a band in high school – I could only express myself for the first time when I got my first iPad and started making beats on it, and when I got my first electric violin.” the artist said in a press statement. “I’m all gadget girled out now, but I’ve never felt so free as a human.”
Of the double single released with the album announcement, she calls “My Type” her first “rap rap song”: “The song is kind of flirty and corny and sexy, because I’m hyping up my friends and also saying ‘These are the types of girls I like’,” the artist revealed. “It’s also hinting on sexuality – are these just friends, or women I’m in love with?”
Sudan Archives is set to follow and handful of US tour dates by embarking on her biggest headline shows in Europe and the UK yet, with shows in Berlin, Paris, London, and more. See the full itinerary below. Get tickets here.
The BPM Album Artwork:
Sudan Archives 2025 Tour Dates:
08/02 – Idyllwild, CA @ FWB Fest
09/07 – Durham, NC @ Duke University
09/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Under The K Bridge w/ TV On the Radio
09/26 – Austin, TX @ Levitation
11/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room Festival
11/27 – Berlin, DE @ Betonhalle
11/29 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
11/30 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Orangerie
12/01 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
12/03 – London, UK @ The Roundhouse
12/04 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2
12/05 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus
12/06 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU
12/08 – Dublin, IE @ The Academy
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