ENGLISH SUMMER
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I’ve got a new single coming out on August 29th…

It’s called ‘English Summer’, and it’s a song written from the perspective of someone planning to emigrate, and reflecting on the state of country they grew up in… It’s also a song about Mythical England… From ‘Good King Penda’ to Charles III, village greens & country gardens; with a cast of characters along the way including Ray Davies & Nick Drake, Queen Victoria & Edward Elgar, Johnny Rotten & Syd Barrett… England as it lives in the imagination, in music & fiction & poetry, and how that can intersect awkwardly with the ‘real world’…

It’s a little bit of a sonic departure from my debut album. More of a ‘band’ sound (although the band is still just myself, & Maree Choie on woodwinds & vocals). I play piano on it, and drum kit; and it’s also my first experiment with playing my own string parts (bowing a Japanese taishogoto and a one-stringed Spanish guitar)…

It’s the first taste of my second solo album, which I’m hoping to have ready before the end of the year…

You can listen to it here…