She's baack!! Everyone's favorite burlesque entertainer Aunt Sofonda returns with The Neighborhood, her long-awaited follow-up to 2016's Sofonda Exotica. The fun is still present, but this time she reveals her more serious nature, exploring the lives of the people in her neighborhoods, past and present. Chamber strings, harmonica ensembles and a mandolin orchestra add to the atmosphere. She's included a live track from StartleFest III at the Flying Monkey Theater, where she held the audience spellbound. Whether contemplating the ghosts of neighbors past, confronting her crazy antagonist next door, fantasizing about a 17th century iconoclast or struggling through the recent pandemic, she allows us an unprecedented glimpse into her soul.

Your Work Wife Is Cheating On You features Aunt Sofonda's classic country singing voice and the production transports the listener back to the days of Tammy Wynette.

Sofonda Exotica grew from Aunt Sofonda's songwriting and performances for the Posey Peep Show over a number of years. This collection of vocal exotica mixes Tin Pan Alley with latin rhythms and some tongue-in-cheek fun. The album takes the listener on a journey around the world and through time with vivid imagery and unusual song subjects, such as the joys of globetrotting, the appeal of famous Cuban musicians, a dance dedicated to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, the hidden history of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" and the purposes of A-A-B-A pop song structure. Besides Aunt Sofonda and her trusty piano, instrumental touches include theremin, congas, classical guitar, vocal shenanigans and much more.

The package features the first ever DIY pop-up scene by Startlingly Fresh Records. Fully assembled, you can see Aunt Sofonda and her collaborator Joey Norwood performing in the Flying Monkey Theater.

"Everything she touches, from paper and ink, to feather boa, to a piece of broken glass, becomes art." - Bonnie Roberts, The Valley Planet, Issue 179

Pulitzer Prize winner John Archibald has a thing or two to say about Aunt Sofonda at al.com.

"Aunt Sofonda: like Lyle Lovett meets David Lynch meets the absinthe fairy." - Nick Walker, bassist, rjr

Sofonda Exotica Album Personnel:

• Aunt Sofonda - piano, vocals
• Joey Norwood - vocals, e.w.i.
• Jeff Woods - congas
• Emily Bodnar - theremin
• Terri Cavender - flute, keyboard, percussion
• Jim Cavender - guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, percussion, vocals

Aunt Sofonda's YouTube channel