Pitou releases new single 'Devote'

Pitou today shares 'Devote', new single from her upcoming debut album 'Big Tear'. 'Big Tear' will be released March 24th and includes previous released singles 'Big Tear', 'Angel' and 'Dancer'. Her long-awaited debut is a rich, fearlessly creative collection of alternative pop that draws from her classical background; unexpected harmonies and song structures, vocal layering, loops, wistful melodies, and classical instruments all swirled together in stylish, clever ways.

Single 'Devote' is the metaphorical heart of Pitou’s ‘Big Tear’ album. A sort of prayer that one can always come back to. “Being human,” she says of its meaning. “That opening line – ‘Here I am, dying slowly’ – is what all of us are doing.”

The song is set to the same time as that of a clock – 60 BPM. “That’s the exact tempo that time is passing you by,” she says of this idea. “The tempo of life, in a way, or at least the way we humans measure our lives in time.”

Concerning the constant search for good in the world, ‘Devote’ is a quiet balm, almost ecclesiastical. “It’s also about finding and nurturing faith to keep on heading forwards, towards the light. I think of it as the mantra of Big Tear – the thing you can come back to, that could be sung before or after every other song.”

After a Rock Werchter and Pukkelpop show this summer, Pitou is ready for her upcoming European tour:

• 21/01/2023 Eurosonic Noorderslag, Groningen (NL)
• 14/04/2023 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (NL)
• 15/04/2023 MOMO, Rotterdam (NL)
• 18/04/2023 Paper Dress Vintage, London (UK)
• 23/04/2023 Artheater, Cologne (DE)
• 24/04/2023 Nochtwache, Hamburg (DE)
• 25/04/2023 Privatclub, Berlin (DE)
• 27/04/2023 Le Pop Up, Paris (FR)
• 28/04/2023 Botanique, Brussels (BE)
• 29/04/2023 Merleyn, Nijmegen (NL)

Pitou will also support The Colorist Orchestra and Emiliana Torrini on their tour:

• 09/03/2023 Reflektor, Liège
• 10/03/2023 Wilde Westen, Kortrijk
• 11/03/2023 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels
• 25/03/2023 Maastricht, Muziekgieterij (NL)
• 27/03/2023 Trabendo, Paris (FR)
• 28/03/2023 Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL)
• 29/03/2023 De Roma, Antwerp
• 30/03/2023 Handelsbeurs, Ghent
• 31/03/2023 Union Chapel, London (UK)