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PARIS

by Neu Sierra

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    Don't go to Paris without a quick visit to the happiest place on earth!
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    NEU SIERRA OUT ON VINYL FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

    On Neu Sierra’s long-awaited follow-up EP, the shadows still play a crucial role, but this time, night falls over Paris

    Since her debut single Dirty Me was released in late 2020, Neu Sierra has engulfed us in her captivating and sensual, loud world. She continues her journey on sophomore EP "PARIS", where “the vocals sound like they were born in twilight and call for intimacy and empathy”, as acclaimed Danish music blog Undertoner wrote, when she recently released the song "Save Believe Forget" as a single.

    Neu Sierra sings half of the four-track EP in broken French; lead single "Pour toi seul" and brand new "L’ouvert et claire", are both translations of the work of kindred spirit and renowned poet, Tove Ditlevsen.

    "There is so much music in Tove Ditlevsen's lyrics themselves that I have never dared to touch them for fear of ruining them. They stand so beautifully on their own that it feels unnecessary to set them to music. But then I came across them in French, which I am not fluent in at all, creating a linguistic distance, and I wanted to let the meaning of the words reflect in the music" Neu Sierra explains.

    On the EP's final track, Neu Sierra hands the microphone over to a purring cat before she, accompanied by Zakarias Sanderson (Sanderson & The Charabancs, Leizure), takes over on this deeply personal duet, "The Most".

    ♫ I love you I love you I love you I love you
    ♫ I love you the most
    ♫ It's not just because I'm diagnosed

    The EP also holds a wealth of French references, but the singer insists that listeners look for them on their own, in what she teasingly calls a "Parisian hotchpotch" of things that have shaped her.

    The recording of "PARIS" began in the City of Light, with the help of Marc Collin (Nouvelle Vague), while longtime friend and collaborator Nick Lee (Ulige Numre) completed it in Copenhagen.

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But the truest thing in the world You must know is his voice When he rests by your side Hot with oblivion Like a Little animal Of life Lying next to him Breathing in Everything Cause when the game is won And my girlish powers Gone I’ll save believe and forget it again Save believe and forget it again / When the beating of your heart Is the beating of a drum It’s a life about to start When tomorrow comes Open and mute with joy Let him sing in my blood Like Oh holy family Sacred sanity He said to me As holy as can be Cut your nails Enter me And save believe and forget it again Save believe and forget it again I’ll save believe and forget it again Save believe and forget it again
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L’ouverte et claire L’ouverte et claire Je ne pourrais Jamais aimer Jamais aimer ou conserver Cette transparente clarté Tou-ce qui est facile Tou-ce qui est facile et léger Qui s'allume, Qui s'allume, papillonne et danse Passe inaperçu à travers Mes sens J'aime le noir J'aime le noir et le difficile Qui agite Qui agite une force inconnue Et provoque une douceur, que le bonheur N’a jamais connu Jamais connu N’a jamais connu Jamais connu N’a jamais connu
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The Most 03:00
I love you I love you I love I love you I love you more Though I’m frazzled and frail Like never before I love you I love you I love I love you I love you the most It’s not just because I’m diagnosed The hole in the wall is on me And the pain in your neck is also me And I’m sorry I love you I love you I love I love you I love you more Though I’m frazzled and frail Like never before I love you I love you I love I love you I love you the most It’s not just because I’m diagnosed The hole in the wall is on me And the pain in your neck is also me And I’m sorry I love you the most It’s not just because I’m diagnosed The hole in the wall is on me And the pain in your neck is also me And I’m sorry Once again with my breasts out I come with peace but burn the house down With my breasts out I come with peace but burn the house down

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released September 22, 2023

All songs written by Neu Sierra
1, 3 based on lyrics by Tove Ditlevsen
Recorded in Paris and Copenhagen

Produced by Marc Collin and Nick Lee
Mastered by Carl Saff

All lead vocals and autoharp by Neu Sierra
Backing Vocals on 4 by Zakarias Sanderson
Keys on 2 by Marc Collin
All other instruments by Nick Lee

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Neu Sierra Copenhagen, Denmark

Neu Sierra insists on embracing equal parts filth and grace, and through her music, she reminds us that life isn't always beautiful, but sometimes vile too.

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