New York-based singer-songwriter and producer Sarah Kinsley has announced her new EP ‘Fleeting,’ arriving February 13 via Verve Forecast/Fontana. The EP features the musician’s recent euphoric pop single of the same title, plus new track “Lonely Touch,” available now with a co-directed video that’s artistically and visually linked to the title track. A 30-date headline tour of North America and the UK/Ireland kicks off next spring in Seattle on March 25, with stops in New York, Los Angeles, and wrapping up at London KOKO on May 28. The new EP also features a guest collaboration with British artist Paris Paloma on “After All,” marking Kinsley’s first collaboration in the studio. Paloma comments, “I’ve been a fan of Sarah’s for ages, and she’s been one of my top listened to artists for several years in a row, so when she asked me to collaborate I was so happy to work with her, and also to do something so swelling and emotive as this song ‘after all,’ felt like a new direction for both of us, I’m incredibly excited for everyone to hear it.”
Kinsley explains the origins of “Lonely Touch”: “‘Lonely Touch’ was written in one sitting after I watched the Luca Guadagnino film Queer. It was inspired by a scene showing two lovers intertwining: their hands traveling under each other’s skin, moving through the body, feeling each other’s hearts. This song is an homage to the vulnerability of longing, of yearning for a kind of touch that is undeniable and terrifying. It is a song about true intimacy: wanting to feel the edges of another’s soul, becoming one in the dark together.” She created the music video with New York choreographer Madi O’Halloran and director Chloë Vivian Gottlieb to truly embody the song through dance and movement, capturing closeness and raw touch between people. The ‘Fleeting’ EP is Kinsley’s first body of music since the release of her acclaimed 2024 debut LP ‘Escaper,’ written in the back of cabs zipping across New York City and produced alongside friend and collaborator Jake Aron. On working with Paloma, Kinsley notes, “There was something magical about the idea of giving the second half of After All to another artist: creating a duet between people ruminating on why love cannot always save us. Paris Paloma is the artist I wanted to share this moment with, and we made this song together across the Atlantic between New York and London.” Kinsley reflects on the EP itself: “The Fleeting EP is a collection of music scoring my return to a long lost sense of self. It is a record honouring love and desire. A deep promise to change. It is a promise to yearn, to long, to feel deeply and truly, despite knowing everything is fleeting.” ‘Escaper’ turned not only the heads of critics but of Chappell Roan too, who put the spotlight on Kinsley’s talent via Instagram earlier this year.
Tracklist:
Lonely Touch
Truth Of Pursuit
Reverie
After All (with Paris Paloma)
Fleeting
Tour Dates:
March 25 – The Crocodile, Seattle, WA
March 26 – Hollywood Theatre, Vancouver, BC
March 28 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
March 30 – August Hall, San Francisco, CA
March 31 – The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA
April 1 – Music Box, San Diego, CA
April 3 – Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, NM
April 4 – Marquis, Denver, CO
April 7 – Mohawk, Austin, TX
April 8 – House of Blues – Bronze Peacock Room, Houston, TX
April 9 – The Echo Lounge & Music Hall, Dallas, TX
April 11 – The Loft At Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
April 12 – The Abbey, Orlando, FL
April 14 – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
April 15 – The Underground, Charlotte, NC
April 17 – Exit/In, Nashville, TN
April 18 – Blue Note Columbia, Columbia, MO
April 19 – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL
April 21 – The Mod Club, Toronto, ON
April 22 – The Mod Club, Toronto, ON
April 23 – Le Studio TD, Quebec, QC
April 25 – The Howard Theatre, Washington, DC
April 26 – Royale, Boston, MA
April 28 – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY
May 20 – The Button Factory, Dublin, IE
May 22 – The Garage, Glasgow, UK
May 23 – Gorilla, Manchester, UK
May 25 – O2 Institute 2, Birmingham, UK
May 26 – The Fleece, Bristol, UK
May 28 – KOKO, London, UK