Many Voices Speak 'Tank Town' - Aug. 31, 2018

What You Should Know

Tank Town is the debut LP from Swedish singer Many Voices Speak (née Matilda Mård).
Tank Town is out August 31, 2018, on Hit City U.S.A.
Support from Stereogum, Noisey, WNYC, Idolator, Spotify, iTunes, Line of Best Fit, Hilly Dilly, Hype Machine, No. 5 on Hype Machine's "Most Blogged Artists" chart, lead single "Video Child" top 10 on Hype Machine chart.
Celebrity praise from Chloë Grace Moretz.
Early syncs on Tank Town tracks: "Chances" and "Necessaries" on Shadowhunters.

Timeline

May 11 - Single #1 - “Necessaries”

June 15 - Single #2 - “I Saw You” + album announcement

July 17 - live performance video

August 17 - Single #3 - “Chances”

August 31 - ALBUM RELEASE

Sept 24 - Live in London @ Servant Jazz Quarters

October 9 - Live in Stockholm @ Obaren

October 13 - Live in Malmö @ Grand

October 4 - Live in Coppenhagen @ Vega

Bio

Featuring the dreamy singing and songwriting of Matilda Mård, Many Voices Speak follows her 2016 debut EP, Away for All Time, with the new album Tank Town due August 31. The majority of the album was written and recorded in the village By outside of Avesta, Sweden, where she currently resides.

"Tank Town is a metaphor for the mental state that runs through the songs of the album. The perspective is more or less untethered from the 'now' and instead focused on what has been and what's about to happen," Mård explains.

"Discovering that pattern made me think of places where neither nature nor civilization are preserved, and I can’t help but feeling that the past and times to come shine most in that environment. What was built up once reveals a history but also someone’s dream to create something meaningful, even if it’s been left unfulfilled with time."

Many Voices Speak's evocative sense of nostalgia is pervasive here just as it helped define her 2016 debut EP. Crafted with producer Petter Nygårdh, the album's musical compositions elicit similar contemplation -- be it the airy simplicity of "Necessaries," the swelling depth of "I Saw You" or the comforting intimacy of "Chances" -- washing over listeners with honest acceptance and romantic absolution.

Mård adds: "I believe I’m driven by a desire to find new ways to describe the same old thing. There’s something calming and almost healing about someone describing the way one feels and maybe what we already know, but in different words. Findings are sometimes the best comfort, and that’s something I hope to share with Tank Town."

Tank Town will be out Aug. 31, 2018 via Hit City U.S.A. and Strangers Candy.

Press Support

Sweden’s Many Voices Speak makes wide-spanning, emotion-wrung pop [with] a Twin Peaks-like ability to hypnotise." — DIY Magazine
"After a few years plying her craft around Stockholm, singer-songwriter Matilda Mård decamped to a small, quiet town and hit the reset button. She re-emerges with new project Many Voices Speak and a sound inspired equally by Beach House and Dido." — Hype Machine Stack newsletter.
"...the electronic backing rises and falls like a dream pop symphony. Gloomy and gleaming, this is sumptuous stuff." — The Line of Best Fit
"...pulsates like a heavy heartbeat when emotions are running high. Listen if you know what’s good for you." — Stereogum
"This Swedish singer joins the ranks of artists who’ve actually earned the “Lynchian” label." — Idolator
"The starry, '80s synths used give off a cinematic feel throughout, and, alongside the Swedish singer's soothing, echoed voice, the piece is one that should bring some nostalgic notions about." — Hilly Dilly
No. 5 on Hype Machine's "Most Blogged Artists" chart.
"That balance between light and dark is a key characteristic of Matilda Mård’s work, her balletic voice drifting with a weightless sense of magic and then seemingly sagging under the poignancy of it all." — Gold Flake Paint
"That voice has a gorgeous pulse on these three songs ... slipping heart-on-her-sleeve lyrics in and out of warm reverb and faraway synths to create something like the feeling you get from resting your head next to the window on a long flight to watch the clouds go by as you ruminate on past choices both pleasing and heartbreaking. It’s a lovely mood to slip into." — Indie Shuffle
"On Many Voices Speak's dreamy new single 'Chances,' Swedish singer-songwriter Matilda Mård ruminates on the feeling of being an outsider, while striking a comforting realization." -- Billboard
"Like a modern day Mazzy Star." — To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before music supervisor Lindsay Wolfington speaking with Tunefind.

Sales, Streaming, Licenses

107,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
Spotify support: "New Music Friday," "Weekly Buzz," "Fresh Finds," "Fresh Finds: Six Strings"
Featured on iTunes' Main New Music and Singer-Songwriter pages.
iTunes Top 200 Tracks Alternative Chart in Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, South Africa and Russia.
iTunes Top 200 Tracks All Genre Chart in Poland, Greece & Philippines.
Debut EP “Away For All Time” has approximately 2 million streams across all platforms.
Licensing placements in Newness (“Staying”), All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (“Video Child”), Riverdale (“Away For All Time”), Shadowhunters ["Chances," "Necessaries") and others.

Photos

Contact

Press: nathan@riotactmedia.com

Management: petter@strangerscandy.com

Licensing: jbr@hiddentrackmusic.com

Label: austen@hitcityusa.com