Sophie Ellis-Bextor : HANA (Ltd Sandstone Vinyl)

Seventh studio album by the English singer and songwriter. ‘Hana’ was made with long-time collaborator and friend Ed Harcourt. It is their third in a trilogy of records, with each stemming around the thematic frame of a location. The collaboration began in 2014 with the critically and commercially successful ‘Wanderlust’, which was inspired by Eastern Europe, and continued in 2016 with ‘Familia’, inspired by Latin America. ‘Hana’, which Harcourt describes as ‘kaleidoscopic joy’, is inspired by East Asia and began with the album track ‘Tokyo’ and Sophie’s first trip to Japan pre-pandemic in 2020.

Track Listing:
1. A Thousand Orchids – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
2. Breaking the Circle – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
3. Until the Wheels Off – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
4. Everything Is Sweet – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
5. Lost in the Sunshine – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
6. Tokyo – Sophie Ellis-Bextor
7. Beyond the Univer