Beth at the Leamington Assembly

Sugaring Season, due to be in stores and available for download released on October 1, will the first album Beth has released in six years and her debut for record label Anti.

The album bears the fruits of a period of introspection and renewal for the artist who is know for her deeply lyrical songwriting.

Beth said: “I stretched myself as a singer on this record and used voices I never have before as a writer.

“A lot of the writing on this record happened in the dead of night, when spiders mend their webs, with an infant asleep in the next room.

“As a result, my writing became a secret again - illicit and my own.”

For the album Beth and producer Tucker Martine brought together some old and new friends keyboardist Rob Burger, bassist Sebastian Steinberg, jazz drummer Brian Blade, guitarists Marc Ribot and Ted Barnes and folksinger Sam Amidon.

The album was recorded mainly live on the floor and marks a shift away from the electronic sounds which dominated the two-time Mercury Prize nominee’s music.

But her music is still based upon an implicit groove, albeit one which now emanates from an acoustic guitar rather than a sequencer.

Beth said: “It may not be a ‘dance’ beat but it’s definitely there and it’s earthed and primal and insistent.”

Beth’s tour starts at the Assembly in Spencer Street on Sunday November 25.

The show starts at 7pm and tickets cost £18.50.

Call 311311 or visit www.leamingtonassembly.com