FLORENCE
SOMMERVILLE
New
Single ‘California’, April 11
The
Country ballad showcases Florence's signature vocals and captures the essence
of the perfect daydream
‘...imbued with a certain charm
of innocence and adventure….Florence is most definitely heading in the right
direction’ -
w21 Music
‘California’ is the new single
from rising Country star Florence Sommerville,
released on April 11th and taken from her forthcoming debut album due later this year. Following her well-received
single ‘(I’ll Be Your) Best Broken Heart’ released in Jan, this Country ballad
showcases Florence's signature vocals and captures the essence of the perfect
daydream, delivered with the ease of a Nashville veteran.
LISTEN HERE:
Florence Sommerville, a
singer-songwriter from the small village of Orsett
in Essex, thrives on modern Country music. She’s been
playing guitar since she was eight years old, writing songs since she was 12,
and performing at open mics for most of her teenage years. When she was 14, she
reached the final of the Open Mic UK competition held at the O2 Indigo Arena in
London. She’s also played at several major festivals, including Latitude,
Moseley Folk and Arts Festival, Maverick Festival, AMA Music Week (Nashville)
and many listening venues around southern England.
“To me, California is a song about the perfect
daydream - the thing you fantasise about while you’re at the day job you hate,
or the dream of a future you clutch on to after a bad break-up.”
‘California’ is the product of a co-write with Sally Barris and Francesca de Valence, done over Zoom across three continents.
Speaking about the writing process, Florence says: “‘California’ was written with two of my favourite
people to write with; Sally Barris and Francesca de Valence. At the time of
writing, we were actually in three different continents, but thanks to zoom
(and plenty of coffee due to the time zones), we were able to write a song I
was so excited about. I’d come up with the general idea for what the chorus of
the song is now a while before the session, but ended up putting it to the back
of my mind.” … So many thousands of miles away from each other, across oceans,
the three of us are singing together. That certainly seems like a dream to me!”
A huge lover of Country music,
Florence is currently on her fourth trip to Nashville, where she is excited to
perform at the iconic Bluebird Cafe. On previous visits, she has co-written
songs with acclaimed songwriters Gary Burr, Jan Buckingham and Sally Barris,
alongside appearing at the famed Commodore Grille, Hutton Hotel, Love &
Exile and Tennessee Brew Works. Back home in Britain, Florence has opened for
renowned stars such as Diana Jones, Tom Robinson, Annie Keating, Hannah
Aldridge, Dan Owen, and the Hanging Stars. Last October she sold out her debut
headline show at the Camden Chapel in London, and earlier this year, she
celebrated the launch of her single at London's Green Note.
There’s a raw, rootsy quality
to Florence’s music that belies her youthfulness. She doesn’t arrive as the
next ready-made Country star beauty figure Barbie doll; there is unquestionable
realness in the way Florence makes sense of life through her music.
UK
TOUR DATES
Saturday 2 May 2025 –
Anchor Arts, Wingham
(The Anchor Inn,
Highstreet, Canterbury, Kent CT3 1BJ) EVENT £12 w/ Full Band + Henry Webb-Jenkins
Saturday 3 May 2025 – Blue Bean
Coffee Co., Castle Hill, Ebbsfleet (Blue Bean Coffee Shop, 79 Cherry Orchard, Ebbsfleet Valley, Swanscombe
DA10 1EQ) EVENT
Thursday 8 May 2025 – Login Lounge, Camberley
(34 Park St, GU15 3PL) EVENT £15, (with band) plus Buckle’n’Boots support
Friday 9 May 2025 – Brentwood
Theatre (15 Shenfield Rd, Brentwood CM15 8AG) EVENT £22.50 (Band show) + Henry Webb-Jenkins and Jodie McKay
Tuesday 20 May 2025 – Libra Underground Theatre, Camden (The Libra Theatre Café,
37 Chalk Farm Rd, Chalk Farm, NW1 8AJ)
Monday 9 June 2025 – The Greys,
Brighton (105 Southover St, BN2
9UA) - with Cindy
Kalmenson
Thursday 12 June 2025 – The A Canteen, Chelmsford (35 New London Road, CM2 0ND) EVENT £15 with full band plus Cindy Kalmenson
Wednesday 18 June 2025 –The Dog
House, Ashford
(Evegate
Business Park, Retail & Artisan Village, Station Road, TN25 6SX) FREE ENTRY with Cindy Kalmenson
CONNECT
with Florence
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