Lisa Mitchell releases new single 'I Believe In Kindness' and announces her fourth studio album will be released in April 2022
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Australian singer-songwriter Lisa Mitchell returns today with the release of her new single ‘I Believe In Kindness’.
The song is a beautiful, mellow almost ethereal pop-folk track with an important message in the lyrics that encourages kindness, education and conversation as an alternative to the angry rhetoric that often defines disagreements. It has a beautiful throwback feel to the protest pop of the 1960s and 1970s.
“I wrote ‘I Believe in Kindness’ the day before the Global Climate Strike (2019) in Melbourne/Naarm,” Mitchell says. “Everyone was going. My body hummed with a feeling that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. The next day 100,000 people gathered, along with millions all over the world, in devotion to our Mother (earth). Elders spoke alongside school students and activists from many industries as they shared our needs for a safe future. It is terrifying that our governments’ policies are nowhere near good enough to protect our futures and care for Country. And yet, the feeling of being together that day still fuels my faith in humanity and reminds me of the power of a feeling.”
Mitchell today also announces her fourth studio album A Place To Fall Apart will be released on 22 April on vinyl and digitally. Produced by Tom Iansek (Emma Louise, Big Scary, #1Dads), the album features ‘I Believe In Kindness’ as well as Mitchell’s comeback single, 2021’s ‘Zombie’. The release of A Place To Fall Apart will also be accompanied by a tour across Australia from May to July.
A Place To Fall Apart album launch tour dates
20 May - Music On The Hill, Red Hill
21 May - Volta, Ballarat
03 June - Westernport Hotel, San Remo
04 June - Canberra Theatre, Canberra
18 June - The Factory, Sydney
30 June - Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
01 July - Corner Hotel, Melbourne
02 July - Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan
07 July - The Northern, Byron Bay
08 July - The Brightside, Brisbane
09 July - Solbar, Maroochydore
16 July - Jive, Adelaide
23 July - Tanks Arts Centre, Cairns
Tickets are on sale from 3 February at lisamitchell.com.au
‘I Believe In Kindness’ is out now. You can download on iTunes and stream on Apple Music and Spotify
To keep up with all things Lisa Mitchell, you can follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
A Place To Fall Apart will be released on 22 April via Believe. You can pre-order and pre-save here.
