Empress Of announces debut album Me, world tour, whole bunch of imperatorial activities

Empress Of announces debut album Me, world tour, whole bunch of imperatorial activities

Lorely Rodríguez, a.k.a. Empress Of, has announced her debut LP, Me. The L.A.-born Honduran-American has been leaving a mark in the Latin electronic pop scene since 2012, having released two EPs before her upcoming long-format debut, out September 11 on Terrible Records. But do not let the album’s title fool you. This is not a despotic ruler’s proclamation in league with Louis XIV’s “L’État c’est Moi!.” Rodríguez decided to baptize her LP thusly since it’s almost a musical diary of her 2014 trips to Valle de Bravo and Montreal; two experiences that clearly inspired her songwriting process.

Have a taste of that in the postcard-heavy video for “Kitty Kat,” the second song from Me that Rodríguez has shared so far, which you can stream here:

Rodríguez will be taking her dreamy-but-vigorous synth pop around the world this fall. Eschewing the ethereal trappings of her previous work for a more visceral style on Me, Rodríguez came up with a sufficiently beat-centric sound to work on the dancefloor while keeping just enough roughness to claim experimental credentials, making this a particularly good time to catch Empress Of live. Check her full tour slate here:

08.13.15 - Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
08.21.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Echo ^
09.06.15 - Philadelphia, PA - Bamboo Bar
09.13.15 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
09.16.15 - Allston, MA - Great Scott
09.17.15 - Montreal, QC - Piccolo Rialto
09.18.15 - Toronto, ON - The Drake
09.20.15 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
09.22.15 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
09.25.15 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
09.27.15 - Portland, OR - Holocene
09.29.15 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
10.01.15 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
10.02.15 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
10.03.15 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
10.05.15 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk
10.06.15 - Houston, TX - Rudyards British Pub
10.09.15 - Miami, FL - lll Points Festival
10.10.15 - St. Petersburg, FL - The Bends
10.11.15 - Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum
10.12.15 - Carboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle Backroom
10.14.15 - Washington, DC - DC9
10.28.15 - Cambridge, UK - Cambridge Junction#
10.29.15 - London, UK - Roundhouse#
11.01.15 - Antwerp - Trix Club#
11.02.15 - Luxembourg - Den Atelier#
11.04.15 - Cologne, DE - Kulturkirche Köln#
11.05.15 - Prague - Roxy#
11.06.15 - Warsaw - Proxima#
11.08.15 - Stockholm - Debaser Medis#
11.09.15 - Oslo - Rockefeller#
11.10.15 - Copenhagen - Amager Bio#
11.11.15 - Berlin - Berghain#

# Opening for Purity Ring
^ With Lower Dens

• Empress Of: https://www.facebook.com/EmpressOf
• Terrible Records: http://terriblerecords.com

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