The talented beauty Sudan Archives has announced the upcoming release of her second album, titled Natural Brown Prom Queen. With this news comes the banging new single “NBPQ (Topless)” which the artist herself describes as “my autobiography.” With lyrics discussing race and how she is “not average” the radical and textured track was self-produced by Sudan Archives along with Simon on the Moon, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Ben Dickey. As Sudan Archives explains, the song is “about my insecurities that I have being a brown skin Black female in the world and how to navigate through that while facing American beauty standards. It’s a song of redemption and freedom.”
Listen to NBPQ (Topless)” here and catch Sudan Archives live on tour at the dates below.
North America – Summer Dates
Jul 8 – Montreal, QC – Montréal Jazz Festival
Jul 9-10 – Winnipeg, MB – Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 24 – Seattle, WA – Capitol Hill Block Party
Jul 29 – Denver, CO – The Underground Music Showcase
Jul 30 – Omaha, NE – Maha Festival
UK & Europe – Summer Dates
Aug 19-21 – Hamburg, DE – MS Dockville Festival
Aug 23 – Leeds, UK – Belgrave Music Hall
Aug 25 – London, UK – All Points East
Aug 26 – Stockholm, SE – Popaganda Festival
Aug 26-28 – Darmstadt, DE – Golden Leaves Festival
Aug 28 – Edinburgh, UK – Connect Festival
Aug 30 – Brighton, UK – Patterns
Sep 1-4 – Salisbury, UK – End of the Road Festival
Sep 3 – Bristol, UK – FORWARDS Festival
Homecoming Tour: North America
Sept 24 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern
Sept 25 – Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Music Club
Sept 26 – Sacramento, CA – Harlow’s
Sept 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Sep 29 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
Sept 30 – Vancouver, BC – Fortune
Oct 1 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Oct 4 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
Oct 5 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Oct 7 – Toronto, ON – Axis
Oct 8 – Ottawa, ON – Bronson
Oct 10 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Oct 11 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
Oct 12 – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere (The Hall)
Oct 14 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
Oct 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Sound Series Block Party
Oct 17 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
Oct 18 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West
Oct 19 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
Oct 21 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room