FERRIS & SYLVESTER SHARE THE NEW SINGLE ‘RAIN’ FROM THE NEW ALBUM ‘OTHERNESS’, OUT MARCH 1ST

After spending late last year amping up anticipation for the March 1st release of their second album ‘Otherness’ with the ‘Side A’ EP, Ferris & Sylvester get 2024 off to a flying start as they unveil the new single ‘Rain’. ‘Otherness’ is set to accelerate the rise of the husband-and-wife duo – Archie Sylvester and Issy Ferris – following the success of their 2022 debut album ‘Superhuman’, which earned UK Album of the Year at the 2023 UK Americana Awards and landed at #1 on the Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart.
 
Honing in on the sweet spot between sultry, soulful grooves and folk-tinged blues, ‘Rain’, which opens Side B of the album, detours stylistically away from the songs that featured on the ‘Side A’ EP. Yet its heart comes from a similar place, with its highly accomplished musicianship and warm analogue live sound fuelling a desire to maintain hope in challenging times. Issy’s sweet, carefully enunciated falsetto is the song’s star turn, but she also exudes a determined power as her voice channels the song’s emotions – especially when complemented with deeper vocal harmonies from Archie.

With the release of ‘Rain’, Ferris & Sylvester have previewed the ‘Otherness’ album with a total of six tracks and collectively they provide an insight into the wider record. It is an album which defies simple genre-expectations; explores a wealth of emotions inspired, in part, by major health issues as their son was born prematurely while they were on tour in Nashville; and uses timeless musicianship as the conduit for songs which reflect the turbulent era we live in.
 
The album’s out-of-time sound is heightened by recording direct to a 1960s tape machine, while its ambience reflects the studios that it was crafted in: the escapist location and top tier equipment of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios, and the intimacy of their own Archtop Studios. The record was produced by Archie with their regular collaborator Michael Rendall.
 
The ‘Otherness’ album is available to pre-order or pre-save HERE. It will be released on three physical formats: a signed CD, regular black double-vinyl, and limited edition signed marbled red heavyweight double-vinyl. All formats plus a new ‘Otherness’ t-shirt are also available in various album bundles.