When musicians talk about getting back to their roots, it’s usually an excuse to pull out a battered old acoustic to create some bare bones music. In Beth Orton’s case, going back to her roots meant something very different.

Having relocated to California a couple of years ago, Beth began experimenting with a series of electronic loops that would eventually come together as her career-redefining new album; a record inspired both by the wide-open nature of Los Angeles and the spirit of Beth’s earliest recordings (electronic work with producers like William Orbit, Andrew Weatherall and Kieran Hebden as well as groove-based music with Red Snapper).

Co-produced by Beth and Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons) and mixed by David Wrench (Jamie xx, Caribou, Hot Chip), KIDSTICKS repositions Beth’s unmistakable voice inside ten pure, audacious, playful and kinetic songs.

Orton's debut LP - TRAILER PARK - pioneered a synthesis of electronic and acoustic songs to huge acclaim. The follow up - CENTRAL RESERVATION - brought international success and the Brit Award for best British female. Further albums like the Jim O’Rourke produced Comfort of Strangers and 2012’s Sugaring Season deepened the breadth of her craft.

KIDSTICKS is available for pre-order now: https://WMNZ.lnk.to/BethOrtonKidsticksPR