photo by Jade Sadler
SPILL TAB SHARES NEW SINGLE ‘ASSIS’
CO-PRODUCED WITH JOHN HILL (FKA TWIGS, CHARLI XCX) AND SOLOMONOPHONIC (SZA, LOLA YOUNG, REMI WOLF)
FROM HER DEBUT ALBUM ANGIE, OUT 16TH MAY ON BECAUSE MUSIC
ANNOUNCES UK & EU HEADLINE TOUR FOR MAY/JUNE
SUPPORTING PERFUME GENIUS AT ICA, LONDON NEXT WEEK
Fearlessly exploring new sonic landscapes and vulnerabilities, LA-based French-Korean singer, songwriter, and producer spill tab (aka Claire Chicha) unveils another taster of her highly anticipated debut album with her new single ‘Assis’. A soulful and textured blend of earthy funk grooves, the track is sung in both English and French, her father’s language, seamlessly weaving rich layers of sound and emotion. With production from John Hill (FKA Twigs, Charli XCX) and Solomonophic (SZA, Lola Young, Remi Wolf), ‘Assis’ further showcases spill tab’s boundless songwriting prowess and sets the tone for what’s to come with her debut album ANGIE. Listen now and watch the official video, directed by Sweetiepie, via the links below:
Speaking about the song, Chicha shares “the production for Assis feels like the stitching between a 50’s Italian film soundtrack and psychedelic rock. The song is about watching someone you love pull away from you in slow motion. You try to reconcile the beautiful, tender moments with the bitter ones, because ultimately you want no one else.”
Set for release 16th May on Because Music, ANGIE’s 12 tracks fizz with enthusiasm, uninhibited creativity, and intricate musicianship. As evidenced by her recent singles, the album spans Chicha’s variegated musical interests, joyously veering from the bass-weight and pitched-up vocals of glitchy opener ‘PINK LEMONADE’ to the grungy distortion and sultry French-language lyrics of ‘De Guerre’ to the euphoric guitar solos of the title track.
“I love this collection of songs so deeply,” she states, “they feel more honest than anything I’ve created in a long time, and I’m so proud of the hundreds (thousands??) of hours that were spent writing, producing, chipping away at vocals, tightening up harmonies, re-writing bass lines, deleting entire sections, coming up with completely new ones, with all the the insane collaborators that worked on this project. It’s really special to hear all these experiences on love and loss, rejection and passion, walking away and holding on too tight, all coexisting together in one place: a cumulation of these last few years of my life.”
Since the release of her infectious debut single ‘Decompose’, Chicha has evolved her spill tab project through three EPs: 2020’s synth-pop influenced Oatmilk, 2021’s playful, uptempo Bonnie, featuring Gus Dapperton and Tommy Genesis, and 2023’s co-produced, sonically-intricate Klepto, which gleefully meanders from the Hiatus Kaiyote-influenced jazz freakouts of ‘CRÈME BRÛLÉE!’ to the guitar-chugging thump of ‘Splinter’. Live, meanwhile, Chicha’s explosively energetic presence earned slots opening the North American leg of popstar Sabrina Carpenter’s tour, as well as an Australian run with alt-rock trio Wallows.
In addition to supporting Perfume Genius at ICA in London on March 27, spill tab has announced a headline tour across the UK and Europe this May and June. The tour will see her performing at venues including Oslo in London and The Deaf Institute in Manchester. Full date listings are as follows:
20th March – Mythos Festival, Rennes (supporting Air)
27th March – ICA, London (supporting Perfume Genius)
23rd May – Le Weekend Des Curiosités Festival, Toulouse
26th May – SWG3 Poetry Club, Glasgow
27th May – The Deaf Institute – The Lodge, Manchester
28th May – Oslo, London
30th May – Green Door Store, Brighton
31st May – Rough Trade, Bristol
2nd June – Yuca, Cologne
3rd June – Privatclub, Berlin
4th June – Botanique – The Rotonde, Brussels
5th June – Paradisco (upstairs), Amsterdam
7th June – We Love Green Festival, Paris
Chicha began work on the music for what would become ANGIE without expectation, exploring new sounds and ideas with her LA-based community of collaborators like producer David Marinelli, Solomonophonic, Wyatt and Austin and John DeBold. “It became this beautiful experience of only following ideas that I really believed in and exploring all the musical avenues I hadn’t before,” she says. From the bossa nova romanticism of ‘Hold Me’ to the panning synths and chopped vocals of ‘De Guerre’, the earthy funk groove of ‘Assis’ and downtempo electronic atmospherics of ‘Doesn’t That Scare You’, on ANGIE Chicha builds a luscious, deep and often unexpected universe all of her own. It’s spill tab fully in control and free to follow wherever the sound goes next – all we need to do is listen.
Raised by a French Algerian composer father and a Korean pianist mother, Chicha spent her early years immersed in music at her parents’ post-production studio, absorbing jazz, classical, and other diverse influences. Following a childhood spent between LA, Thailand, and Paris, where she picked up guitar and soaked in a variety of musical traditions, Chicha developed a distinctive sound blending raw-edged guitar confessionals with anthemic pop hooks.
Her work has earned her four ‘Hottest Record’ accolades from BBC Radio 1, where she has also performed live in session at the iconic Maida Vale studios and been honoured multiple times as Future Artists Tune of the Week and Next Wave. Additional support has come from Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music, as well as a playlist feature from Apple Music 1.
ANGIE Track List
2. Adore Me
3. Assis
4. Athlete
5. by Design
6. Hold Me
7. Want Me
8. morning dew interlude
9. Doesn’t That Scare You?
10. Angie
11. De Guerre
12. wet veneer
ANGIE – out 16th May on Because Music – presave here
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My life is a soundtrack, i track my life through music, photography is my passion, my escape, my expression. Without both i have pieces missing, thankfully i’m blessed and get to combine both.
Born in Manchester, lived in Australia for 22 years where i was heavily involved in the Australian Music Industry, firstly in bands (Singer) and then managing bands (all original), I moved back to the UK, Wales specifically 10 years ago
