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  • The Best of Everything But The Girl. Out Nov 14. Preorder open now.

    Everything But The Girl release their definitive compilation, The Best of Everything But The Girl on Nov 14 through Buzzin’ Fly/Chrysalis.

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    Spanning over forty years from their indie jazz-folk cult classic, Night and Day, to the acclaimed contemporary electronica of 2023’s Fuse, the 16-track capsule collection includes their biggest hits and deep evergreen cuts from a pioneering career.

    “We always liked albums that had a fast side and a slow side,” says Tracey of the compilation’s running order, “so we thought we’d start with the bangers and wind down with the ballads.”

    Upfront, the glimmering two-step of 2023’s Nothing Left To Lose sits among a clutch of 90s club-crossover hits – Todd Terry’s chart-topping remix of Missing, the dubby UK Top 10 breakbeat of Walking Wounded, and Tracey In My Room (Watt’s enduring dance-floor mash-up of EBTG’s Wrong and Soul Vision’s Come Into My Room).

    “It also makes the album run backwards in time,” says Ben. “It gives you a sense of clubland back to bedsit, a journey that to us feels very real. And at the end, we pair the modern-day (Run a Red Light) with how we started (Night and Day).”

    Moving from success on London indie Cherry Red to Warner/Blanco Y Negro, the duo delivered a string of UK gold albums in the 1980s, exploring latin jazz (see Each and Every One), guitar pop, orchestral wall-of-sound (see Cross My Heart) and drum-machine soul – all showcasing Thorn’s unique voice, Watt’s arrangements and their shared songwriting. Their timeless cover of Danny Whitten’s I Don’t Want To Talk About It appeared in 1988 (#3, UK Top 40).

    In the early 90s, after Watt’s serious hospitalisation with a rare auto-immune disease, the pair returned unbowed with the uplifting Phil Ramone-produced The Only Living Boy In New York in 1993 and the million-selling ardent folktronica of the 1994 album, Amplified Heart (see Rollercoaster). It featured their biggest hit, Missing, after New York DJ-producer Todd Terry’s remix made the leap from heavy club spins to global pop radio playlists in 1995 (#2, US Hot 100; # 3, UK Top 40; #1, Germany, Italy, Canada).

    Inspired, the duo followed it in 1996 with the sparkling Walking Wounded (#4 UK Album Chart, see Walking Wounded, Single, Before Today), a set of emotional future-facing songs brimming with ideas from the mid 90s electronic scene. Spawning four UK Top 40 hits, it became the pair’s first UK platinum album, going on to sell approaching 2 million copies worldwide. They followed it with Temperamental (see No Difference) in 1999, and after appearing at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2000, chose to hit the pause button.

    After twenty years of accomplished solo careers and family life, the duo returned unexpectedly in 2023 with the widely-acclaimed studio album, Fuse. Sonically adventurous, it included the radio hit Nothing Left To Lose, took them to their highest ever album chart position (#3, UK Album Chart) and won them the Self-Producing Artist of the Year award at the MPG (Music Producer’s Guild) Awards 2024.

    Double Vinyl, CD, Download, Stream | Mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios | Artwork by John Gilsenan at IWant

    Pre-order double vinyl and CD now. If you order from Everything But The Girl’s new Official Store *, you can also buy other recent vinyl reissues and a new range of merchandise.

    * Update: Due to recent changes in import regulations, we’ve just found out that shipping to the USA from our Official Artist Store has been temporarily suspended. We hope to resume shipping to US fans as soon as possible. In the meantime, feel free to order locally from retailers such as Luna Music, Rough Trade, Amoeba.

  • Five more nights at MOTH Club

    After five instant sell-outs in April and June, Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn return to the 200-capacity MOTH Club in London for FIVE more intimate shows – two in late summer, three in the autumn. The dates are Sunday Aug 31, Monday Sep 1, and Sunday October 26, Monday October 27 and Tuesday October 28.

    Tickets (max 2) on sale at 6pm BST this Thursday 19 June via DICE.

    Ben and Tracey will perform again as a part-acoustic part-electronic duo accompanied by Rex Horan (double bass) and Family Stereo’s Blake Watt (guitar, vocals), playing songs from their 40-year careers as both a duo and solo artists.The venue will be mostly seated with some additional standing. Seats are allocated on first-come-first-served basis. Doors 7pm. No support. Stage time 8pm. Two sets with interval. The events are billed as Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

    ** We understand the huge popularity of these shows, and we consider DICE the fairest way to provide tickets. No secret pre-sale or priority booking prior to on-sale time. No dynamic pricing. System negates touts. It is simply a question of fastest finger first when the tickets go live **

    What to do next?

    (1) You will need the DICE app on your phone AND an account set up to complete your purchase and access your tickets. If you haven’t got the app, download it now and create an account
    (2) Get a ticket link for your preferred night either here or through the DICE app
    (3) Use your ticket link (or find event on DICE app) to purchase tickets (max 2) at 6pm BST this Thursday 19 June
    (4) If you are unsuccessful – and bear in mind, many will be trying at the same time – you will be placed immediately on the DICE Wait List and may be offered a return closer to the dates

    Terms and Conditions (1) Tickets are not transferable (2) ID matching ticket purchase required on entry (3) No filming (4) No photos (5) If you are unable to attend we ask you to return your ticket(s) to the DICE Waiting List via the app

  • Ben and Tracey back at MOTH Club for three nights in June

    Ben and Tracey are back at the MOTH Club in London for three nights in June. After two instant sell-outs in April, they return on Sunday June 8, Monday June 9, and Tuesday June 10. They will perform as a part-acoustic part-electronic duo accompanied by Rex Horan (double bass) and Family Stereo’s Blake Watt (guitar, vocals), playing songs from their 40-year careers as both a duo and solo artists. Tickets (max 2) will go on sale at 6pm BST, this Thu 17 April via DICE (you’ll need the app and an account to complete purchase). Get a ticket link for your preferred night now at the EBTG Linktree page or via DICE.

  • First shows together for 25 years. Ben and Tracey at Hackney’s MOTH club.

    Ben and Tracey decided to return together to live performance for the first time in 25 years this week with two intimate shows at Hackney’s MOTH club in London joined on stage by their son Blake on guitar, and Rex Horan on double bass.

    With thousands on the venue’s wait list, the few hundred who managed to get tickets were treated to a setlist spanning their whole career both as solo artists and together as a duo, beginning with their debut single Night and Day and ending with their most recent, Nothing Left To Lose.

    Phones were stickered on entry which lent a powerful immediacy to the evening of two 45-minute sets with a 20-minute interval. It was a very special couple of nights.

    Ben and Tracey will be back at the MOTH club soon.

    Photo: Edward Bishop

  • Ben and Tracey play two intimate shows at London’s MOTH Club, April 6 and 7

    Ben and Tracey play two intimate live shows at London’s MOTH club, Apr 6 and 7. They will perform as a part-acoustic part-electronic duo accompanied by Rex Horan on double bass. No club bangers, no huge arena, just a chilled folk-tronic vibe. Two sets with an interval. Songs from both their solo and duo years. The events are billed simply as ‘Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn’.

    Tickets were offered to UK members of their mailing list, and both shows sold out instantly at 9am this morning.

    “We loved making Fuse together in 2022, and we wanted to do something else,” says Ben. “And that slowly turned into a conversation about playing live again.”

    “When we pictured how, we realised we just wanted to play a few songs – including some we’d never done before – in a small club,” continues Tracey. “Front room, friends and family vibe. If the shows go well we intend to do more.”

  • EBTG win at Music Producers Guild Awards 2024

    Everything But The Girl won Self-Producing Artist of the Year at the Music Producers Guild Awards 2024 on Thursday April 24. The event was held at The Troxy in London.

  • At Maida Vale out on black vinyl with photo booklet for Record Store Day 2024

    At Maida Vale, the 4-track EP capturing EBTG’s BBC session last year, will be out on classic black vinyl on Saturday April 20th for Record Store Day 2024. Hear live takes of Run A Red Light, When You Mess Up, Single and a unique piano-vocal only version of Nothing Left To Lose. The release also includes an 8-page booklet of photos from the day by Edward Bishop. We love how it all turned out. Find a participating store to get yours.

  • At Maida Vale EP out now digitally

    Everything But The Girl’s new At Maida Vale EP is out now digitally. The EP is made up of four tracks recorded in April at the BBC’s famous Maida Vale Studios – Run A Red Light, Single and When You Mess Up, first broadcast on Gideon Coe’s BBC 6 Music show; and Nothing Left To Lose first heard on Jo Whiley’s BBC Radio 2 show. A video of the Run A Red Light performance shot on the day by Edward Bishop can be watched here. All the recordings are versions of tracks on the band’s current album, Fuse, except Single which first appeared on their platinum 1996 album, Walking Wounded. The session was the only live performance that the band did around the release of their new album.

    Speaking about the EP, Tracey says: “It was exciting returning to such a famous studio to record these tracks. It was almost 40 years since our first John Peel Session there. The idea was to start by approaching all four as live piano and vocal takes.”

    “Nothing Left To Lose was then left stripped back as a complete contrast to the original,” adds Ben. “For the others we added a few one-take overdubs of synth, guitar, drums and backing vocals to capture both the spontaneity of a session but a flavour of the original album arrangements.”

  • Fuse enters UK Album Chart at No 3

    Today ‘Fuse’ entered the UK Album Chart at No 3. Ben and Tracey said on social media: “We are thrilled. Our highest EVER chart position. We didn’t know what to expect when we made it. A leap of faith after all this time. Thanks to EVERYONE who has supported it. It’s been quite the ride. Here’s to the future ??❤️”

  • Fuse, the new album, out now

    Yesterday Everything But The Girl released its new album, Fuse. The response has been incredible from both fans and media. Ben and Tracey would like to thank everyone who has supported this project. Highlights have included a string of high-profile reviews and comments (“Still staking out pop’s frontier after 40 years. It is audibly made by people with a deep love for and understanding of the music they’re inspired by … a comeback worth waiting for.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ – GUARDIAN; “Triumphant new album … bewitching and soul-baring” – PITCHFORK; “How reunion albums should be done … the blueprint for any alt-leaning electronic act in the pop space … proves how big an impact their music has made on the landscape that has followed” ★ ★ ★ ★ – NME) and a wave of acclaim from fans across social media.

    The album is available on coloured vinyl, black vinyl, CD, BluRay (HD audio and Dolby Atmos) and stream. Still need a copy? Go here.