Sudan Archives' New Song “Come And Find You” Out Now
Credit: Yanran Xiong
In the lead-up to her third album THE BPM, Sudan Archives has just released “COME AND FIND YOU”, a heartfelt song about chasing a lover as she seeks connection and intimacy. Where earlier singles “DEAD”, “MY TYPE” and “MS. PAC MAN” were raucous, dance-centric party starters, “COME AND FIND YOU” sees Sudan Archives firmly in her Afropop bag, with soaring vocals and searing violin playing front and centre. The new track was produced by Ben Dickey and Sudan Archives, and features live drumming from Dutch mad scientist ZEP.
On THE BPM, Sudan Archives moves with style and grace through her most expressive, extroverted record yet. She adopted a new persona for the album, the technologically-enhanced Gadget Girl, to imagine a dazzling, chrome-plated future in which we’re all tapped into our own sense of rhythm. “No one can take away your rhythm from you – no one can take away your self-will,” she explains. The ideas she explores on the record all ultimately draw back to this one idea. “All those things can be your own power if you utilize them right.”
Sudan Archives executive produced the album, working with a close circle of friends, family, and trusted collaborators in Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. The one exception to the friends-and-family rule was inviting Chicago-based Black chamber music collective D-Composed to put together a string quartet for the anthemic string parts.
“COME AND FIND YOU” was built around a loop made by one of Sudan Archives’ stylists, Umesi, which she then turned into a beat in real time. Later, another friend added drums; the resulting track is a sexy, effortless flirtation where Sudan uses her elastic vocals to convey steadfast confidence. This approach speaks to her fully realized self-determination on THE BPM: sometimes, being fully in tune with yourself means ceding space to others and knowing how to bring out the best in the people around you. As she directed and conducted the talented crew around her, Sudan Archives brought out the best in herself, a gadget girl who’s taken yet another monumental step forward with THE BPM – the kind of leap you can only make when you trust your instincts, trust the people around you, and lock into your own rhythm.
