Fiona-Lee announces her second EP ‘Every Woman,’ due April 17 via Gravity / Capitol Records, and releases its title track today. Produced by Thom Lewis (Sam Fender’s ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ and ‘Seventeen Going Under’), the single follows previous EP reveals “Victim” and “Imposter” and arrives alongside news of her debut UK headline tour this spring, including dates in London and Manchester. The Yorkshire-based musician has been building steadily toward this moment, and “Every Woman” is the sharpest thing she has put her name to yet.
Fiona-Lee is direct about what the song addresses. “‘Every Woman’ is about sexual assault, a subject that remains dangerously silenced,” she says. “Despite how common it is, rape culture attaches shame to the conversation. It’s clear we have failed and are still failing to teach young men how to respect women. This song is about releasing that shame and reclaiming power. It’s about taking action and confronting those who should be held accountable. I want women to hear it and feel anger, not as something to suppress, but as something validating and energising. And I want men to hear it and know this song is addressing them, and calling on them to take responsibility.”
The release arrives at a high point for Fiona-Lee, who has already supported CMAT and Miles Kane and sold out a headline show in Leeds late last year. Press support has come from The Telegraph, DIY Magazine, Rolling Stone UK, Clash Magazine, The Line Of Best Fit, and Rough Trade, among others, while BBC Radio 6 Music plays from Huw Stephens and Steve Lamacq, a BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour appearance, and BBC Radio 1 spins from Nels Hylton and Sian Eleri have kept her name in regular rotation. A summer festival run and a support slot with Paul Weller follow the headline tour. ‘Every Woman’ arrives April 17.