“On her utterly unique debut, Sudan Archives stands tall”
“Sudan Archives isn’t the most glamorous of monikers, summoning up images of fusty academia or well-organised paperwork. Combined with the fact that the woman behind it – Cincinnati-born, LA-based Brittney Parks – is known for incorporating her experimental violin-playing into her sound, you’d be forgiven for assuming Athena would be chock-a-block with esoteric, highbrow fare designed for a session”
“The L.A.-based singer and violinist makes her boldest and most fully formed statement yet.”
“The violin probably isn’t the instrument you first associate with hip-hop-infused RnB, or indeed with pop music in general, but that hasn’t stopped Cincinnati-born, LA-based Sudan Archives (Brittney Parks to her mum) anchoring her debut album around it. But this isn’t the sort of polite, precise violin playing cultivated by music conservatories – indeed, it’s almost the opposite: Parks is self-tau”
