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I wrote this piece in early February 2022. And a gentle heads up, it's about death and grief but also about one of my very favourite people. If this isn't…

Track 10 - While I Was Dying

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This is the start of a series in which I speak in depth about each song on my new record. 
 
Releasing an album is a funny thing. There’s so…

Could you spread the word, please?

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Dear readers, if I could ask you a small favour... 

I'm attempting to reach more subscribers with this blog. If you have friends who you think might enjoy these bits…

Where to Put This Enthusiasm

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I’m feeling energised to write today. I’m back in my flat in London, buoyed by a couple of positive conversations during the last week with people about music here and…

A Brief Sabbatical While I'm on the Road

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Hello my dear subscribers. I'm writing this in a bedroom in the outskirts of Hamburg. I played my second last show with Irish songwriter and musician Susan O'Neill at the…

Some Thoughts on The Second High

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Hello everyone. On Friday I released my seventh solo record, The Second High. It's been an enormous amount of time and work getting it ready to go out into the world and I'm stoked, and relieved, that the lion's share of that work is now done. There's not much more I can do now except enjoy playing the shows and hope that people get something out of this work that I've spent…

Big Feelz

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Hello everyone. Just before we launch into this week's rant - a side note: Sometimes I post these blogs and, after reading them back (after having already proof read it a lot), I notice something weird and go in to amend it. So, the way to make sure you're reading the 'most properly' edited version is reading this on the website instead of in your email. They're never big changes, but sometimes…

Out on the Snowy Fields

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It’s Wednesday evening. I’m sitting upstairs, backstage at the Hamburg show on the outskirts of the Reeperbahn. The venue is surrounded by sex shops and kebab restaurants. I have a banging head cold, inherited from Emily who’s been sick for most of the tour. What with the close quarters and sharing mics, this was bound to happen. 
 
Because I feel like death on a stick, I’m particularly excited to get…

Too Old, Too Fat.

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As I approach the release of a new album I’m faced again with the task of ‘creating content’ to promote it. This phase fills me with dread. Because of various delays this year, I’ve had to cram two photoshoots, a live video shoot and the filming of an official music video into the month of December and the onslaught of lenses has brought all of my neurosis and insecurities wriggling back…

First Time Really Feeling

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This is a look back at the motivations and inspirations behind the songs for First Time Really Feeling, released in April 2021. The album has been a great friend to me and, as I approach releasing new music again, I'm having a little reminisce about its life and creation.

For most of my life, since the death of my mother when I was fourteen, I had thought that sadness and anxiety were…

My Super Power, my Kryptonite

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I worked for a while with a person who didn’t like me. Now, without seeming like a knob, it’s very unusual for me to not get on with people. I’m good at people. I love them and I’m able, for all my other personal failings, to get on and connect with pretty much anyone I meet. I’m a people pleaser from way back, so there’s that, but I’m also genuinely interested…

Coming Home

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Firstly, thank you for being here to read my second ever blog post on this platform. I appreciate your support very, very much. 

It’s a wonderful feeling, releasing my first new music in over three years. A lot has happened in that time for me professionally, let alone personally, and the release of this new song signifies the start of a brand-new chapter in my life as a musician and artist.