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Whilst her crystalline vocals draw favourable comparisons to the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eMarika Hackman\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJulia Jacklin\u003c\/strong\u003e, her lyrics evoke an imagery that often spins from the pastoral to the abstract.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHandpicked by \u003cstrong\u003eLucy Rose\u003c\/strong\u003e for signing to her own label Real Kind Records, tracks from the album are already on high rotation at BBC 6 music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real Kind Records","offers":[{"title":"White | LP","offer_id":50417356276043,"sku":"1124782","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Green | LP","offer_id":50417356439883,"sku":"1149153","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417356046667,"sku":"1124781","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a236c39b-9c01-4f40-8517-aae151eb0a93_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726727228"},{"product_id":"big-blue-ep","title":"Big Blue EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eBess Hildick-Smith, known by her stage name as Bess Atwell, grew up in the English countryside, one of four children to an eclectic family of artists, songwriters and doctors. In 2015, not long after dropping out of university, Atwell garnered the attention of major news outlets after a slew of showcases for The Great Escape Festival. The Independent and The Guardian were amongst those who were impressed by the artist's performances, describing her as \"a promising folk poet of suppression and inner anxiety\" and \"a gifted singer-songwriter with a voice like slow, cool water\". Atwell's former solo project has evolved into a full band sound soaked in four-part vocal harmony. Her new EP was recorded last summer at Soup Studios in East London with producer Giles Barrett (John Grant, Johnny Flynn, Goat Girl). Bess and her band worked on the arrangements in their hometown of Brighton before taking them into the studio for four ambitious days of tracking. Of the EP Bess says \"I wanted to release a small project which would hopefully represent a refinement in my sound. 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Gentle hums of strings and shuffling snares make way for the Brighton singer's voice at full pelt, singing with a newfound rawness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLight Sleeper\u003c\/em\u003e is about the willingness to feel,\" the Brighton singer-songwriter explains. \"Somewhere along the line I had become very afraid of feeling.\" A huge part of this exploratory new era was \u003cstrong\u003eAaron Dessner\u003c\/strong\u003e, who produced \u003cem\u003eLight Sleeper\u003c\/em\u003e. His isolated cabin studio Long Pond, in Hudson Valley, was once Bess' desktop background, but she never thought she would end up star-gazing on its veranda and noodling away on the same instruments used by her heroes, not to mention a certain pop star...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe immediate trust between the pair clicked the moment Atwell walked through the doors of the iconic recording space; Dessner showed her around and then promptly left her alone to play on the many instruments at the heart of her favorite The National songs. As Atwell puts it, they seemed to speak the same musical language. \"I trust his ear and I knew we had the same vision,\" she says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the release of 'Already, Always,' Atwell has been through a number of personal transformations including tapering off antidepressants, after \"years of avoiding it.\" Reflections on her upbringing and re-evaluations of some of her experiences led to an autism diagnosis in May 2023, which has helped her to make sense of many different moments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMotifs of sleeping and waking run throughout \u003cem\u003eLight Sleeper\u003c\/em\u003e, which constantly stirs and settles, Atwell embracing the full range and rawness of her voice like never before. By the title-track, which closes the album, twinkling, starry synthesizers lead her to a place of quiet realization: \"\u003cem\u003eI'm ready to be a light sleeper again\/To wake up and feel everything\/I can carry the weight of it\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real Kind Records","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50488316199243,"sku":"2178845","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pink LP","offer_id":50488318755147,"sku":"2178846","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50488313315659,"sku":"2178844","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/afc1f260-2a6b-476c-b89c-d7fb58649e11_b6b502a0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727629374"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/bess-atwell.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}