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Andreya Triana New Album and UK Tour

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Andreya Triana releases her sophomore album ‘Giants’ on Monday, May 4th through Counter Records.

This week (28th April & 1st May) she performs on BBC TV's "Later… With Jools Holland," alongside Florence + The Machine and The Charlatans.

She performed the heart thumping, foot stomping crowd favourite and Radio 2 A Listed, "Gold" on the live show on Tuesday. Then an additional performance of "Changing Shapes Of Love." on the recorded version on Friday.

Both tracks are available from Monday (4th May) on her new album, ‘"Giants, " produced by Matt Hales (Lianne La Havas, Paloma Faith).

This album has been supported by the Momentum Music Fund. Momentum is managed by PRS for Music Foundation, with support from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Ahead of the album release, she also announces four new UK live dates this November: Manchester, Bristol, Brighton and London headline show at KOKO.

After an incredible reception from her recent sold out London show at Village Underground, including a 4 Star from the Evening Standard, Andrea is back with four new UK live dates.

She will also be performing live next week, at Rough Trade Nottingham on Tuesday 5th and London’s Rough Trade East on Thursday 7th May.

Manchester Deaf Institute - Friday, November 13th
Bristol Lantern - Saturday, November 14th
Brighton The Haunt - Monday, November 16th
London KOKO - Tuesday, November 17th

'Andreya is also excited to partner with Wavo to launch a very special re-mix competition for her new single ‘That’s Alright With Me’. Calling on all budding producers to make their own mark on the latest single from her highly-anticipated album, ‘Giants’.

The competition winner will receive an exclusive signed vinyl package, including tickets to the newly-announced headline show at London's KOKO on 17th November, with a Meet & Greet with Andreya backstage.

Meanwhile, the winning remix will be featured on Andreya's Summer Mixtape, her SoundCloud, website and social media channels! Entries close on May 26th.

Hailing from South London, Andreya has already collaborated with highly acclaimed artists and producers, including Flying Lotus and Bonobo, who went on to produce Andreya’s debut album, ‘Lost Where I Belong’.

Breach remixed her original track ‘Everything You Never Had’ and the track reached the Top Ten of the UK single charts in November 2013 , A-Listed at BBC Radio 1.

Andreya was also celebrated in the Evening Standard’s Power 1000 List of Most Influential Londoners and was invited by the Arts Editor to perform at the event they held at Battersea Power Station.
Words SIMON REDLEY

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