Debut Album Released on Vinyl May 23
Bonus Disc on CD/Digital and 18 Date Summer UK Tour

Twenty years ago, Martha Wainwright stepped out of her family’s illustrious shadow and announced herself to the world with her stunning debut album ‘Martha Wainwright’. Featuring ‘Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole’, a song about her father, ‘Factory’ and ‘When The Day Is Short’, it immediately proved she was a major talent to be reckoned with.

On May 23rd, [PIAS] will release this album on vinyl for the very first time. This classic debut will also be released on CD and digital with extra tracks and a bonus disc that features 14 rarities and alternate versions.

Gems include ‘Bring Back My Heart’ featuring Rufus Wainwright, the never before released ‘Our Love’ with Kate & Anna McGarrigle and ‘Far Away’ featuring the late, great Garth Hudson.

“In the years before my first album was released, I was doing my own version of ‘artist development’ - playing a lot of gigs and going into the studio to make demos,” Martha remembers. “I got to New York City in 1998. It was a magical blur of fun and discovery, meeting musicians, playing and seeing shows and going into the studio. Hopping from bar to bar in the Lower East Side and Williamsburg.”

“These are some of the recordings that came out of that time,” Martha says of the bonus material. “Some were released as EPs that I would sell at shows but others have never been released. These are the ones that best reflect that time and the wild eclecticism I’ve always had, for better or worse, as an artist.”

To support the release, Martha will play eighteen shows this summer including two in London: the already sold out Union Chapel May 30th and Cadogan Hall August 30th.

Vinyl Track list:

1. Far Away
2. G.P.T.
3. Factory
4. These Flowers
5. Ball & Chain
6. Don’t Forget
7. This Life
8. When the Day is Short
9. Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
10. TV Show
11. The Maker
12. Who Was I Kidding

DIGITAL / CD Track list:

DISC 1 - 20th Anniversary Release

1. Far Away
2. G.P.T.
3. Factory
4. These Flowers
5. Ball & Chain
6. Don’t Forget
7. This Life
8. When the Day is Short
9. Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
10. TV Show
11. The Maker
12. Who Was I Kidding
13. Whither Must I Wander
14. Bring Back My Heart (feat. Rufus Wainwright)
15. Baby
16. Dis, Quand Reviendras-Tu?

DISC 2 - OUTLIERS

1. Can You Hear Me *
2. The Sex Song *
3. The Dead *
4. Factory #2 *
5. Our Love *
6. Far Away (w/ Garth) *
7. Pretty Good Day
8. The Car Song
9. It’s Over
10. I Will Internalize
11. Bye Bye Blackbird
12. New York, New York, New York
13. When the Day is Short (Demo) *
14. Year of the Dragon

*never before released