Joan as Police woman announces 'JOANTHOLOGY

Album released May 24th 2019

• The Times - ‘The coolest woman in pop’
• Uncut – ‘This is breathtakingly good music'
• Mojo – ‘full of meditative beauty...ravishing and lovelorn’
• Sunday Times - ‘Sensational’
• The Guardian -‘a voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane’
• Q - ‘Beautiful’

Joan Wasser aka JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN releases ‘JOANTHOLOGY’, her first ever career retrospective, on May 24th 2019. The new album will be released as a deluxe triple CD set including ‘Live At The BBC’, a collection of songs recorded in session for BBC 6Music. There will also be a limited edition sky blue vinyl release of ‘Live At The BBC’ (PIASR1085LP) and digital editions.

‘JOANTHOLOGY’ spans the first fifteen years of Joan’s remarkable musical output and includes new, rare and unreleased material alongside more than thirty of her most loved songs. Curated and sequenced by Joan and manager Tom Rose (who discovered and released her earliest recordings) this collection showcases Joan’s songwriting chops, her love of music, of experimentation and of life!

With songs from each Joan As Police Woman album: ‘Real Life’ , ‘To Survive’ , ‘The Deep Field’ , ’The Classic’ and ‘Damned Devotion’, it also includes material from her album of cover versions, ‘Cover’, from 2016’s ‘Let It Be You’, recorded with Benjamin Lazar Davis, and the lead track from her debut EP ‘My Gurl’ (2004). Full tracklisting below..

‘JOANTHOLOGY’ features two new recordings, the self-penned ‘What A World’ and a cover of Prince’s ‘Kiss’, which was recently performed as the encore for her Damned Devotion Tour.

TOUR DATES:

Australia May 2019

• 1 May : Spiegeltent, GOLD COAST (QLD)
• 2 May : Northcote Social Club, MELBOURNE (VIC) (SOLD OUT)
• 3 May : Caravan Club, MELBOURNE (VIC)
• 4 May : The Sound Doctor Presents, ANGLESEA (VIC)
• 5 May : Spiegeltent, WOLLONGONG (NSW)
• 7 May : The Metro, SYDNEY (NSW)
• 8 May : The Street Theatre, CANBERRA (ACT)
• 9 May : Lizotte's, NEWCASTLE (NSW)
• 10 May Northcote social Club, Melbourne SOLD OUT * SOLO

European Joanthology Tour - performing solo, no support 2019

• 30th May - Norway, Tromso, Driv
• 31st May - Norway, Bergen, International Arts Festival
• 1st June - Germany, Berlin, RBB Sendsaal Radio 1 Concert
• 2nd June - Germany, Frankfurt, Brotfabrik
• 4th June - Belgium, Antwerp, De Roma
• 5th June - Luxumbourg, Esch / Alzette Kulturfabrik Big Hall
• 6th June - Switzerland, Zurich, Bogen F
• 7th June - Italy, Padova, Università di Padova, Sala Dei Giganti
• 8th June - Italy, Rome, Monk
• 11th June - Denmark, Copenhagen, Bremen Teater
• 12th June - Netherlands, Haarlem, Patronaat
• 13th June - Netherlands, Den Haag, Paard
• 14th June - Portugal, Auditorio Espinho
• 15th June - Spain, Valencia, Ram Club
• 16th June - Spain, Barcelona, Razzmatazz 3
• 19th June - Italy, Bologna, Botanique Festival
• 21st June - England, Brighton, St Georges
• 23rd June - England, Leamington Spa, Assembly
• 24th June - England, London Earth
• 25th June - England, London Earth
• 26th June - England, Folkestone, Quarterhouse
• 29th June - Wales, Cardiff, The Gate Arts Centre
• 30th June - England, St Ives, Guildhall
• 1st July - England, Exeter, Phoenix Arts Centre
• 2nd July - England,Bristol, St Georges
• 3rd July - England, Liverpool, Epstein Theatre
• 5th July - England,Hebden Bridge, Trades Club
• 6th July - England, Gateshead, The Sage
• 7th July - Scotland, Edinburgh, Pleasance Theatre
• 9th July - Scotland, Glasgow, St. Luke’s
• 10th July - England, Leeds, College of Music
• 11th July - England, Manchester, RNCM Concert Hall
• 13th July - Ireland, Dublin Liberty Hall Theatre
• 14th July - Ireland, Letterkenny An Grainan TBA
• 16th July - Ireland, Cork St. Luke’s Church
• 17th July - Ireland, Waterford, Theatre Royale
• 3rd August - Belgium, Dranouter Festival
• 5th August - Italy, Corigliano D’Otranto, Sud Est Independente Festival