Hayden Thorpe

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Der ehemalige Frontmann und Songwriter der gefeierten Band Wild Beasts hat sich mit seinen Soloalben einen Namen gemacht. Von der fragilen Schönheit von ‚Diviner‘ über die kosmische Eleganz von ‚Moondust For My Diamond‘ bis hin zu seinem neuesten Werk ‚Ness‘ – eine einzigartige Kollaboration mit dem Bestseller-Naturautor Robert Macfarlane – begeistert Hayden Thorpe mit seiner unverwechselbaren Stimme und sinnlichen Kompositionen. Diese Tour markiert eine neue Phase seiner Kunst, inspiriert von der Natur seiner Heimat Cumbria.

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In the hazy aftermath of its completion, London-based singer-songwriter Sophie Jamieson noticed that water was a recurring theme throughout her long-awaited debut album Choosing. Though it was never a central part of her thinking while writing the eleven songs that make up the album, water appears in various forms, from raging storms with lashing rain, through the eeriness of vast expanses of still water, to overflowing bathtubs and the creeping ripples of a broken surface. Even in more ambiguous terms, it feels ever-present, the album detailing Sophie’s own long and punishing struggle against the tide, constantly reflecting on the binary choice of whether we allow ourselves to sink or choose to push ourselves above the surface.

Released via her new home at Bella Union, Choosing is a strikingly personal document of a journey from a painful rock bottom of self-destruction, to a safer place imbued with the faint light of hope. Focusing on the bare bones of each song, and taking inspiration from the direct and melodic work of songwriters such as Elena Tonra, Sharon Van Etten, and Scott Hutchison, it’s an album that sings openly of longing and searching, of trying, failing, and trying again – and always and throughout, the strength of love in so many varying forms.

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