Sophie Ellis-Bexter - Breaking The Circle 
(Cooking Vinyl)
Release Date: Out Now
My love affair (musically speaking) with Sophie Ellis-Bextor continues as her new single, 'Breaking the Circle', blends her more recent disco confidence with her early-career indie cool. Grandiose opening melodies played out through luscious strings are soon supercharged by a pumping rhythm section and a piano having the honky tonked out of it. Ellis-Bexter's perfectly poised pop vocal then strides out confidently with a sound the is somewhere between Kylie's indie phase, the Manic Street Preachers' poppier moments and the kind of track that would be a Bond theme if they ever decided to go with a female Bond. Expect this one to be a live favourite as the chorus is made for singing along and holding arms in the air. Stunning.
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Live Dates:
15th-18th June - Isle of Wight Festival
20th-23rd July - Latitude Festival
27th-30th July - Camp Bestival
27th-30th July - Rock Oyster Festival, Cornwall
November:
Thur 23rd: Bexhill De La Warr Pavilion Fri 24th: Southend Cliffs Pavilion Sun 26th: Newcastle City Hall Mon 27th: Manchester Bridgewater Hall Wed 29th: Cambridge Corn Exchange Thu 30th: Ipswich Regent Theatre December:Sat 2nd: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Sun 3rd: Sheffield City Hall Tue 5th: London Eventim Apollo Wed 6th: Portsmouth Guildhall Thu 7th: Guildford G Live Sat 9th: Nottingham Royal Concert Hall Sun 10th: York Barbican Tue 12th: Cardiff St David’s Hall Thu 14th: Birmingham Symphony Hall