BUY / STREAM “FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE” RONE REMIX HERE
CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED SOLO ALBUM TO LOVE IS TO LIVE OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
DEBUT NOVEL ‘CRIMES AGAINST LOVE MEMORIES (C.A.LM)’ OUT NOW
Songwriter, singer, and author Jehnny Beth has teamed up French electronic artist Rone for a hypnotic remix of her stunning new single “French Countryside”. The track follows Rone’s recent performance on Jehnny’s live and chat TV programme ECHOES, with dance collective (LA) Horde.
“This is the song that caused me the most issues,” says Jehnny. “Up until the last week of mixing we didn’t have a version I was happy with, but I am very proud of it now. I almost didn’t put it on the record because it is so close to the bone it almost feels too self indulgent, but it was my intention to write a song that felt more vulnerable than anything I had ever written before.”
BUY / STREAM “FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE” RONE REMIX HERE
To Love Is To Live was recorded in Los Angeles, London, and Paris, and features a number of collaborators, including producers Flood, Atticus Ross, and longtime co-creator Johnny Hostile. It also features guest turns from The xx’s Romy Madley Croft, actor Cillian Murphy, and IDLES’ Joe Talbot.
Jehnny also released her debut collection of short stories, Crimes Against Love Memories (C.A.L.M), alongside a limited edition art book of photographs taken by Johnny Hostile on 9th July 2020 via White Rabbit. Both books are designed by Brian Roettinger from Willo Perron studio. A manifesto in the form of erotic monologues and dialogues, set to arouse and enlighten, Beth’s stories are punctuated by Hostile’s intimate photographs: they are the seeds from which her stories grew.
PRAISE FOR TO LOVE IS TO LIVE
"Beth’s debut solo album, To Love Is To Live, is a cathartic blast of beauty and darkness that exemplifies everything you would expect from this dynamic visionary." - Northern Transmissions
“...fuelled by an invigorating conviction and helmed by an artist with the gravitational pull to make it all align.” Exclaim!
“Nothing is out of bounds on ‘TO LOVE IS TO LIVE’, a timelessly raw and real ride through this thing called life.” - NME 4*
"’To Love Is To Live’ is a restless album that thrives on contrast: from delicate piano ballads to thrashing metal…Beth’s ability to glide between vulnerability and intimidation is unnerving, and adds more shades of grey to a performer who’s previously operated in black and white." - Observer 4*