Last year, Avery Friedman delivered her remarkable debut, New Thing. In his review, Thomas Blake opens: “New Thing, the scarily accomplished debut album from Avery Friedman, is all about change and growth. In a similar way to artists like Adrianne Lenker, she explores queerness, longing and personal upheaval, and like Lenker, Friedman seems to have a natural feel for the way a song’s music and its lyrics can be intricately and viscerally entwined, so that the whole thing taps into a very specific if sometimes hard to describe emotional state.” He concludes: “Friedman inhabits a complex emotional realm where nervousness can coexist with (and inform) ideas of sexiness, sadness, tenderness. Her world is fragile but appears to have arrived fully-formed.”
Today, Friedman returns with her new single “You Move” ahead of her first-ever UK/EU shows (details below). Check out the accompanying video directed by Dylan Friese-Greene below. Friedman shares:
“You Move is about savoring the unexpected fruits that reveal themselves amid times of uprootedness. It is a song about putting trust in the glimmer of new love, and carefully sowing the seeds for it to sustain. Both thematically and sonically, it’s about searching, surrendering and allowing yourself to relish. My hope is that “You Move” invites people into the world of my soon-to-be-finished sophomore album – a world that encompasses a full-swing of emotionality, and lets loss and pleasure dance together. I’m so excited to share the song and video ahead of my first-ever UK and EU shows.”
Digital: https://averyfriedman.bandcamp.com/track/you-move
Live Dates:
Oct 31st – London Calling Festival, Amsterdam, NL
Nov 4th – The Elephant’s Head, London, UK
Nov 5th – Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield, UK
Nov 7th – Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK
Nov 9th – Fulford Arms, York, UK
Nov 15th – Neue Zukunft, Berlin, DE