Outlaster is the title of seminal American singer / songwriter Nina Nastasia’s first album in three years

Recorded once more with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Nina engaged Los Angeles musician and arranger Paul Bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra.  Burnished with lustrous horns and reeds bolstered by a string ensemble, the record marks a distinct shift  for Nina’s stunning and masterful voice. A beautiful, stately slow-burn of a record, it sees her vocals swoop and fall in powerfully emotive ways that few of her peers can match, perfectly foiled by the incredibly impressive but unshowy musicianship. Deeply moving and mature, it’s simply very, very classy stuff.

The album is out on 7th June on Fat Cat.

Download Nina Nastasia – You’re A Holy Man mp3 (from Outlaster)

See her live:

24.05.10 Café OTO, London

25.05.10 St Margaret’s Church, Manchester

26.05.10 Cluny 2, Newcastle

27.05.10 Nice & Sleazy’s, Glasgow

28.05.10 The Folk House, Bristol

30.05.10 Talking Heads, Southampton

31.05.10 The Freebutt, Brighton