‘To America’ is the new single from Joan As Police Woman’s second album, ‘To Survive’. A duet with long time cohort Rufus Wainwright, ‘To America’ is one of many highlights from a record destined for the Albums of the Year lists - ‘To Survive’ has already been long listed for the inaugural Uncut Music Award 2008.
Rufus and Joan have shared the same stage many times before – Joan was an integral member of his band - but last week in New York saw the tables turned when Rufus made an impromptu appearance with Joan As Police Woman at their Bowery Ballroom show for a fantastic live version of this stunning song.
‘To Survive’ is set to eclipse the brilliant success of Joan's debut (Real Life) album both critically and commercially.
Praise for the new Joan As Police Woman album, 'To Survive':
4 stars - Uncut - 'an enormously involving and impressive record. This is breathtakingly good music'
4 stars - Q - 'To Survive is further testament to Joan Wasser's intoxicating talents'
4 stars - Observer Music Monthly - 'Maybe this is what Chopin would have sounded like had he been a modern-day multi-instrumentalist with a passion for Al Green and a voice like Roberta Flack'
The Word - 'Joan Wasser is a huge talent…To Survive’s combination of effortless musicality and raw emotion takes it into Nina Simone territory - yes, it's that enormous.'
Mojo – ‘To Survive is full of meditative beauty…ravishing and lovelorn’
4 stars - The Guardian - 'more evocative than ever. A woman who is not just surviving, but flourishing'
4 stars - Sunday Times - Pop CD of the Week - 'Sensational.'
4.5/5 - The Sun – ‘Joan joins the dots between icons like Billie Holliday and more modern stylists like Joni Mitchell. Yes, she's that good.'
JAPW have just returned from touing US and Australia will embark on a massive European tour from the end of October up to Christmas calling in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, UK, Ireland and Scotland. All details and dates on the usual sites!
Tracklisting: 1. To America (radio edit) – 2. Radish (To Be Free)