Sixpence None the Richer: new EP and summer tours
Sixteen years ago I remember reading about a new band called Sixpence None The Richer. Leigh Bingham was only sixteen at the time, which grabbed my attention since I was also sixteen. I bought their debut, Fatherless and the Widow, and every album that followed. Matt Slocum wrote their songs, crafting them with beautiful instrumentation.
Before and after their Grammy nomination, Sixpence found themselves caught in contracts with labels that no longer existed. Prior to their self-titled album that brought them to the national spotlight, Sixpence fought for three years to be released from a contract to REX, though the label no longer existed. Four years later they found themselves in a similar situation as their singles played on the radio. This forced the band to wait several years before they were contractually free to put out a new album. The wait took its toll on the band and they decided to part ways in 2004.
Over the past four years since their split, Leigh (Bingham) Nash had a son, Henry, and released a solo album, Blue on Blue, on her label named One Son Records. Last year she teamed up with Delerium and recorded a side project called Fauxliage. One week after the Fauxliage disc came out Leigh announced that her marriage of eleven years had ended.
In November Leigh met up with Matt Slocum and the two of them decided to reform Sixpence None the Richer. A few hours later Leigh found out the sad news that her father passed away. “Literally a few hours before I was told my father had died, I met up with Matt (Sixpence band mate) for coffee. He got married back in May and had been in Italy for 6 months. I was looking forward to seeing him and hearing about their travels! While he was away we had both been thinking about the band and what we had all those years and what we took for granted.”
Matt Slocum and Leigh Nash are in the studio now during the month of March and have a few shows lined up in April. An EP will be coming out this summer; “Sixpence is back in the studio putting together some brand new stuff for the new year!” Demos of three new songs from the EP have been posted on Myspace: My Dear Machine, Give It Back, Sooner Than Later.
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