Limited Edition Vinyl (300 only) MADAM - aka Sukie Smith - releases her cathartic third album. Musically, Sukie's heart is aligned here with Cat Power, Soap and Skin, Ana Brun, Portishead and The Dirty Three. Written and produced by Sukie, her band on the record comprises Jeff Townsin (drums), Gareth Moss (bass), Sarah Gill (cello/saw) and guitarists John Robertson & Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) with additional guitar from Throw Down Bones' Frankie Frankie.. [1]ack to the Sea's provenance begins with o Ghost' - "The song that started me thinking there was another album. I had stopped writing & singing and almost functioning after my father died - no ability to do much apart from drink and get lost in London. Then I was asked to write a top line for some music a friend had composed. It kick-started me to start thinking about song writing again and then all of a sudden 'No Ghost' had started to write itself . Here, it is coupled with urder Park', both deal directly with a death and look for a way to connect with a (departed) spirit. First single ules of Love' puts the cyclical theme into microcosm, Sukie setting herself the challenge to write the cycle of a whole relationship - beginning, middle, end - in three and a half minutes. The album's touchstone is its significantly upbeat title track and opener, 'Back to the Sea' . It is the emotional response to 'Being in the hospital room when my father died' - understandably a pivotal moment. On a similar redemptive level is 'I Am Your Home', "a song to myself, a reconnection with yourself after a bout of self destruction," says Sukie. " Sukie Smith began her acting career working with Nic Roeg (The Witches) Mike Newell (A Summer Story) and on improvised/collaborative films like Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy and with Neil Hunter & Tom Hunsinger (Lawless Heart) before moving into music with her acclaimed 2007 debut 'In Case of Emergency' (Reveal Records)
