I'm playing solo and signing copies of my new album in a handful of small indie record shops at the beginning of February. Come and see me in Marlborough at Sound Knowledge, Brighton at Resident Music, Whitstable at Gatefield Sounds, and Leeds at Jumbo Records.
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Summer Ghosts - New Single and Lyric Video
My new single Summer Ghosts is out today. It addresses issues of mental health and memory and change and the strength you need to survive shit - stuff you grew up absorbing, stuff you still live with. The title comes from the Japanese tradition of ghosts appearing in summer not - as we often imagine here - in winter. It struck me as a beautiful inversion, how thoughts can haunt you when you least expect. The last verse is then set in Hull where I first met Tracey. I revisited the city in 2017 and was hit by the optimism surrounding its year as City of Culture, but was also moved by the clear scars of economic austerity and my own memories of the place. The track was also first thing I wrote for the album where I pictured the whole production concept - the driven piano trio, the trap-influenced drums, the synth drones, the cut-up samples, the dense lyrics.
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Australian Tour April 2020
I'm very happy to announce three Australian shows have been added to the Storm Damage tour in April. I'll be bringing my band. Very up for this. Tickets on sale 9am Thur 16 Jan AEDST here.
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Figures in the Landscape - New Single and Video
Figures in the Landscape is the 4th upfront track from my imminent album Storm Damage. Stream or download audio and watch the video.
The lyrics are a call to action in response to feelings of powerlessness. I wrote it in a period of personal crisis and political upheaval. The random nature of both can leave you feeling insignificant, lacking agency in the world, but in the end I guess you have a simple choice: to get up and celebrate what you have, or get out and take issue with it.
The song is accompanied by another powerful half-lit performance video directed by photographer- film-maker Edward Bishop, and shot at RAK Studios in London, where the album was recorded in April 2019.
Artwork is by John Gilsenan at iwantdesign.
Hope you get into it. Happy new year, folks.
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Balanced on a Wire (Trailer)
Excited about the reception surrounding this. This trailer just arrived. Filmed at RAK Studios in London, where we recorded the album. Thanks to Black Book, John Kennedy and Lauren Laverne for their early support. Album out in January. Tour starts February.
