ALICE HUBBLE: We Are Still Alone (Bot22)
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'We Are Still Alone' single by Alice Hubble (Bot22)
Released 27 November 2020 on Happy Robots
Taken from the album 'Polarlichter'
Video directed by Alicia Briss
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QUOTES
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"Adventurous electroprog krautpop" Electronic Sound Magazine
"Alice Hubble's solo debut conjures gorgeous pastoral soundscapes" The Quietus
"Tender and insightful and awash with old school synths and a beautiful voice." Steve Lamacq
(Steve Lamacq's Track of the year 2019, so far)
PRESS RELEASE
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Alice Hubble is the project of self-confessed synthesizer lady Alice Hubble. The album 'Polarlichter' was released in late 2019. Layered with vintage synthesisers and mellotron, the album is majestic and sweeping, offering a soundscape of pastoral solace, far removed the urban sprawl in which it was conceived.
Alice on We Are Still Alone:
“It is the most personal song on the album, and is about the journey my brother and I went through in the aftermath of my father’s death in 2007. Our mother passed away ten years prior and, as you can imagine, this was a life changing event for both of us.
“My experience of grief is that it is isolating and whilst you’re processing what happened you likely won’t be able to be there for others in the way you would like to. Losing both of our parents at a young age was hard, and though you go on, because you have to, it’s not something you ever get over. Over time the experience becomes a part of your story, things becomes easier to navigate and you can be there for each other in the way you want to be. Though the song comes from a sad place, the overarching themes are of love, renewal and a hope to make amends”.
Musically the track shows my unashamed love of OMD’s brooding moments on their Architecture and Morality LP. This wasn’t intentional, but in some ways inevitable.”
Acclaim
In 2019 Alice’s debut single ‘Goddess’ was picked up by BBC6 Music with multiple plays across many shows with Steve Lamacq play listing it and naming it his ‘Track of the Year So Far.’ Play followed on RNE3 in Spain, NTS, Amazing Radio and college radio stations in the US. She was featured by many other outlets including Prog, The Quietus, Louder Than War, God is in the TV, For The Rabbits, The Electricity Club and Electronic Sound Magazine who gave her a four page feature in the September issue and listed 'Polarlichter' in their Albums Of The Year. As well as completing a debut headline tour she played shows with Damo Suzuki, Advance Base, Beak (ex-Portishead) and Pram and shows in France and Germany.
Alice had a number of festival appearances planned for 2020 cancelled due to the pandemic. Her sole 2020 show was in February leading the Alice Hubble Experience as Damo Suzuki’s backing band. In April she recorded and released an experimental electronic album, a collaboration with Bradford based Andy Abbott under the moniker ADRA Hubble described as ‘possibly the finest output of this whole sorry lockdown’ by the Independent Music Podcast. She is preparing new material for 2021.