BN Bytes: Asa’s “Beautiful Imperfection” Hits US Stores – September 6th 2011

Good news for Asa fans in the US! From the 6th of September, Asa’s sophomore album, Beautiful Imperfection will be available for sale in the United States of America. The release is through her French record label, Naive Records.

The album will receive early programming in retail chains including Gap, Victoria’s Secret, Origins, Old Navy, Forever 21, White House Black Market, Torrid, PUMA, Pinkberry, Eileen Fisher, Chiccos, C.O. Bigelow, Buckle, BCBG, and Anthropologie.

In other news, she continues to receive global critical acclaim for her powerful smokey vocals and expressive songwriting: Teen Vogue compares her to “Amy Winehouse at her peak, Bob Marley and Marvin Gaye all in one”. BUST refers to her “smoldering vocals and beautiful and ultra-catchy melodies,” AOL praises the musician’s “swinging hybrid of soul, pop, reggae, and Nigerian
music and sincere songwriting and mellow, seductive voice” and Yahoo! Music observes that “Asa’s smokey voice and velveteen melodies can’t help but evoke a gentle joie de vivre”.