There Will Be No Intermission is the third solo studio album by American musician Amanda Palmer. It was released on March 8, 2019, through Cooking Vinyl. It was crowdfunded through Patreon and recorded by Palmer in collaboration with John Congleton over the course of a month. It will be supported by a 2019–2020 tour. The vinyl version of the album was released on March 29, 2019.
Background
Palmer stated that "Most of these songs were exercises in survival. This isn't really the record that I was planning to make. But loss and death kept happening in real-time, and these songs became my therapeutic arsenal of tools for making sense of it all." She also said that "The kind of stories that I'm sharing on this record—abortion, miscarriage, cancer, grief, the darker sides of parenthood—have been therapeutic and frightening to write."
Promotion
The demos of "Bigger on the Inside", "The Thing About Things", "A Mother's Confession", "Machete", "Drowning in the Sound", and "Judy Blume" were all released as promotional singles on March 9, 2015, May 26, 2015, February 25, 2016, March 9, 2016, August 31, 2017, and February 12, 2018, respectively. "Judy Blume" and "Look Mummy, No Hands" were previously included on the 2013 live album An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer. "Judy Blume" also received a music video on February 12, 2019. "The Ride" was previewed with a performance on NPR's All Things Considered on February 13, 2019.
Singles
The studio version of "Drowning in the Sound" was released as the first official single from the album along with the album pre-order on December 11, 2018. A music video was released on August 8, 2019. "Voicemail for Jill" was released as the second single on February 19, 2019. A music video for the song was released on March 7, 2019.
Reception
The album has received a score of 78/100 from media aggregate site Metacritic based on 11 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
Track listing
All songs written by Amanda Palmer, except where noted
The "Baby Didn't Die" Choir: Anthony Palacios, Carly D. Weckstein, Charlotte Kaufman, David Goren, Ian Michaels, Jherek Bischoff, Joy Craig, Kale Chase, Lisa Schneider, Marvel Star de la Cruz, Michelle Gibson, Paul Bellatoni, Phoebe Pinder, Sara Bartel, Simon Vance, Theresa Richardson, Vanessa Rodriguez, Xine Trevino
Technical
Amanda Palmer — writer
Jherek Bischoff — instrumental arrangement and mixing, string arrangement, recording
Greg Calbi — mastering
John Congleton — producer, mixing, engineer
Ben Folds — "songwriting help"
Tyler Karmen — studio assistant
Dillie Keane — writer
Jaron Luksa — recording, violin, violin, and cello recording
"Piano Stewards": Ngo'e Crossan, Julias Ross Bright, Philip Marshall, Nico Deslis, Joe Yarabek, Ben Ranes
"Library Department": Justine Marzack, Ash Gaiman
Tour
Throughout 2019 and 2020 Palmer will embark on the There Will Be No Intermission World Tour. The over four-hour long show features a mix of both songs and storytelling themed around Palmer's personal life. The Los Angeles performance, as well as the December 13 and 14th London shows, were recorded exclusively for her Patrons on Patreon.
Tour dates
Set list
The following representsthe May 11, 2019 filmed performance in Los Angeles. It does not represent all dates throughout the tour. Act I
