Nicole Atkins Drops New Single ‘Singing in the Mirror’
By NICOLE ATKINS
Shares Anthemic New Single ‘Singing In The Mirror’
Taken From Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter’s First All-New Full-Length Release In Over Six Years
‘Drama’ Arrives Friday 18 September Via Sun Records / Wicked Game Records
New Lp Produced By Wilco’s Pat Sansone with Contributions From Longtime Friend Chris Isaak, Dr. Dog’s Eric Slick, And More
Pre-Order/Pre-Save Available Now
Nicole Atkins is excited to share her anthemic song, ‘Singing In The Mirror‘, the latest single from her long-awaited seventh studio album ‘Drama‘, arriving via Sun Records / Wicked Game Records on Friday 18th September. Pre-orders/pre-saves are available now.
‘Singing In The Mirror’ is a deeply personal song with a universal theme about loneliness and self-care that everyone can relate to. “I wrote it after coming home from having a blast at a Weird Al show,” reflects Atkins. “When I got home, I found myself alone and crying, looking at my own eyes in the mirror going, ‘where are you?’ And then I started singing the chorus verbatim because I was embarrassed that I was even doing that, and then was like ‘waaaaaait! Record this because it’s cool!’ The song came out finished in like a 10-minute trance. I recorded the demo to voice notes with the slow disco beat on the Omnicord and kept it that way for the recording.”
Atkins’ first all-new full-length release in over six years, Drama was initially heralded last month with the premiere of its first single ‘When the Night Falls‘.
Largely recorded live over four productive days in her current home base of Nashville, TN, with GRAMMY® Award-nominated musician/producer Pat Sansone (Wilco, The Autumn Defense, Robyn Hitchcock), ‘Drama’ sees Atkins exploring the isolation, separation, and loneliness of a long-distance marriage through her signature fusion of musical genres and intimate lyrical songcraft. The album came together at the behest of her close friend and touring partner Chris Isaak, who signed her to Sun Records as part of his strategic alliance with the historic label as both artist and curator of new projects with his new imprint, Wicked Game Records. Drama spans style and era with smart design and an irrepressible buoyancy, from the girl group rush of “Trippin’ On Teardrops” and Memphis soul-styled “For No One” to the James Bond-meets-Stevie Nicks noir of “Danny” and the wonderfully moody duet with Isaak, “Cue The Symphony.”
“I’ve been in love with Nicole’s songs for many years and have always followed her career,” says Chris Isaak. “She and I are so simpatico when it comes to the music that inspires us, and she has a unique way of distilling that into her songwriting. She’s a true craftsman and an incredible singer. When it came time to start the label, she was my first thought. I’m so honored that she’s the label’s first signing, and I love ‘Drama!’”
Accompanied by her touring band, guitarist John Paul Keith and drummer Danny Banks, with contributions by Sansone, in-demand drummer Eric Slick (Dr. Dog, Robyn Hitchcock, Brian Fallon), The Texas Gentlemen’s Dan Creamer, and Scottish troubadour Davey Horne, Atkins once again showcases her alchemical ability to transform myriad influences into singular sonic statements, leaning into the deeply personal in her ongoing quest to “write modern songs that could be part of the Great American Songbook.” Through it all, Atkins’s vivid, unabashedly dramatic voice flies far above easy comparison. Neo-classicist, retro-futurist, and transcendental medium – Dramamakes it plain that Nicole Atkins somehow remains all of those things while always wholeheartedly following her own muse.
“I’m not trying to rehash or celebrate some bygone era,” Nicole Atkins says. “I’m just taking what I like melodically from the past, and channeling it into my songs. I like to make them deeply personal. The question I come back to is – how do I make this sound exactly like me?”
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