My Brightest Diamond announces new LP & tour, shares “Have You Ever Seen an Angel”
Shara Nova, who is currently a vocalist in the Broadway production of Sufjan Stevens theatre/dance production Illinoise, has announced a new album as My Brightest Diamond. Fight the Real Terror is due out on September 13 via Western Vinyl, and she started writing it during a three-day blackout that struck Detroit following the news of Sinéad O’Connor‘s death. (Unrelated events.) “Fight the Real Terror is a question about activism, and about examining our vulnerabilities,” Nova says. “I am not offering answers but a glimpse into these contemplations. Writing quickly without orchestration forced me to be in the moment, focusing on structure rather than frill. I wrote & recorded a song a day in my home studio and rather than going back over to tweak, Tom Schick & I wanted to stay close to the unpolished emotion keeping the first drafts.”
The first single is the soaring “Have You Ever Seen An Angel,” which she calls “a reflection on some of the worst moments in my life, moments of great loss or shock, and how at key moments I felt connected to something bigger than myself, as though I was being helped or a feeling of not being alone even when I was alone.” Watch the accompanying video, directed by Andrew Ondrejcak, below.
Nova also announced a fall tour, running through September and October in North America; see all dates below. She’ll be in NYC on September 19 at Elsewhere Zone One with NOIA, and tickets are on sale now.
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MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND – FIGHT THE REAL TERROR
1. Fight the Real Terror
2. Rocket in my Pocket
3. Even Warriors
4. Imaginary Lover
5. Rule Breaker
6. Safe House
7. Have You Ever Seen An Angel
8. Sublime
9. There’s No Place
10. I Saw A Glimpse
MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND: 2024 TOUR DATES
Sept 12 – CLEVELAND, OH @ Beachland Tavern
Sept 13 – CINCINNATI, OH @ Woodward Theater
Sept 14 – COLUMBUS, OH @ Rumba Cafe
Sept 15 – PITTSBURGH, PA @ Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
Sept 17 – CAMBRIDGE, MA @ Sonia Live Music Venue
Sept 19 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Elsewhere Zone One
Sept 20 – PHILADELPHIA, PA @ World Cafe Live – Downstairs
Sept 21 – WASHINGTON, DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse
Sept 22 – DURHAM, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
Oct 17 – EUGENE, OR @ Hult Center For Perf. Arts – Soreng Theater
Oct 18 – SEATTLE, WA @ Madame Lou’s
Oct 19 – PORTLAND, OR @ Polaris Hall
Oct 20 – BOISE, IS @ Neurolux
Oct 22 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
Oct 24 – LOS ANGELES, CA @ The Peppermint Club
Oct 25 – PHOENIX, AZ @ Valley Bar
