{"title":"Katy J Pearson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaty J Pearson is a singer from Bristol, UK. She is known for her captivating vocals and heartfelt lyrics that resonate with audiences around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a unique blend of folk, rock, and pop influences, Katy creates music that is both timeless and contemporary. Her songs are filled with emotion and vulnerability, drawing listeners in with their raw honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the twin sister of [a8277309], Katy has always had a deep connection to music. From an early age, she knew that she wanted to pursue a career in the industry and has since become a rising star in the music scene.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"katy-j-pearson-friends-presents-songs-from-the-wicker-man-rsd-2024","title":"Katy J Pearson and Friends Presents Songs From The Wicker Man - RSD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n                            This product is a Record Store Day exclusive title and is not available to pre-order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy in-store: 8am, 20\/04\/2024 (Record Store Day).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            To buy online: 8pm, 22\/04\/2024. (Subject to availability).\u003cbr\u003e\n                            Don’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003cbr\u003e\n                            \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA vinyl exclusive of Katy J Pearson and Friends Presents Songs From The Wicker Man\u003c\/i\u003e. An EP of The Wicker Man soundtrack covers originally for Studiocanal's The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition 4-disc box-set. The 9-track EP from Katy J Pearson and friends features collaborations from Broadside Hacks, Drug Store Romeos, Sarah Meth, Orbury Common, Evie Hilyer-Zietler, Bert Ussher, H.Hawkline plus special guests as well as remixes by Richard Norris and Stone Club.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \nTalking about the single ‘Willows Song’, Katy said:\n\n“Strangely, I heard The Wicker Man soundtrack way before I watched the movie. I remember my dad playing me Willow’s Song and I found it hypnotic and it started being a song I listened to a lot. The version I did for the record was a kind of psychedelic\/ krautrock version so having the opportunity to work with my friends Broadside Hacks on a traditional cover which they put together so beautifully has been really brilliant. I’m such a fan so it’s an honour to be involved in the 50th anniversary of The Wicker Man.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Black 12\"","offer_id":50380770509131,"sku":"2181327","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a0063817443_10_45b316cc_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726222471"},{"product_id":"someday-now","title":"Someday, Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbums of the Year 2024 - Number 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing 2020’s \u003ci\u003eReturn\u003c\/i\u003e and 2022’s \u003ci\u003eSound of the Morning\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomeday, Now\u003c\/i\u003e sees Katy J Pearson’s signature acoustic-led, sweetly-voiced singer-songwriter fare transmuted through the desk of electronic producer Nathan Jenkins, aka Bullion. After a period of burnout, self-enforced exile from music-making, and solo travel, Pearson came back to her practice with clarity of mind and vision. “I knew exactly who I wanted to work with, I knew exactly who my session band were going to be, I knew where I wanted to record. It felt like I was finally calling the shots for myself, and that was so empowering”, she reflects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere previous Katy J Pearson records were made with a slower, more piecemeal approach, \u003ci\u003eSomeday, Now\u003c\/i\u003e was rigorously written and rehearsed ahead of time, and laid down efficiently over a couple of weeks at Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, with a band composed of Heavenly label-mates Huw Evans [H. Hawkline, Aldous Harding, Cate Le Bon, and Pearson’s Sound of the Morning and The Wicker Man EP] and Davey Newington [Boy Azooga], along with fellow Broadside Hacks collaborator Joel Burton. It was engineered by Joe Jones [Aldous Harding, Dry Cleaning, Jane Weaver].\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50399083168075,"sku":"2232075","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blue LP","offer_id":50399083725131,"sku":"2216615","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50399082578251,"sku":"2201239","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Copy_of_KJP_-_SOMEDAY_NOW_b8496f21_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726501402"},{"product_id":"waiting-for-the-day","title":"Waiting For The Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWaiting For The Day\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of field recordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Over lockdown I was trying to figure out something I could do music-wise that would be fun and interesting. My friend Joe Jones who is a recording engineer has an amazing tape recording machine called a Nagra, which we used to record one of the songs on Return, called Waiting For The Day. The best thing about the Nagra is that it’s portable, meaning we could record anywhere we liked. So I got in touch with Joe and chose some beautiful, rural locations around Bristol (Goat Gully, Leigh Woods, and my old local The Old England) to record songs from the album as well as a few new songs. It was such a fun couple of days.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heavenly Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Brown | LP","offer_id":50409450635595,"sku":"1145876","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/ee1ee5ae-937c-4045-bbda-1b8eccee824b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726614332"},{"product_id":"sound-of-the-morning","title":"Sound of the Morning","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf Pearson’s extracurricular activities in recent months have shown that she can dip a toe into a multitude of genres -providing guest vocals on Orlando Weeks’ recent album \u003cem\u003eHop Up\u003c\/em\u003e; popping up with Yard Act for a collaboration at End of the Road festival; singing on trad-folk collective Broadside Hacks’ 2021 project \u003cem\u003eSongs Without Authors\u003c\/em\u003e - then second album \u003cem\u003eSound of the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e takes that spirit and runs with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s still \u003cstrong\u003eKaty J Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e (read: effortlessly charming, full of heart and helmed by that inimitable vocal), but it’s \u003cstrong\u003eKaty J Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e pushing herself musically and lyrically into new waters. Written and recorded in late 2021 after a self-prescribed period of down time spent walking, going on daily cold water swims and “just chillaxing massively”, even the credits on \u003cem\u003eSound of the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e profess a new thirst for experimentation from the singer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJoining \u003cem\u003eReturn\u003c\/em\u003e producer Ali Chant on desk duties this time was Speedy Wunderground head honcho Dan Carey, who worked with Pearson on some of the album’s grittier tracks. The slithering bass riff that underpins ‘Alligator’, offsetting its cathartic chorus is a case in point. “I was in such a bad mood that day because I’d had this huge E.ON bill to pay which was £500. I was on the phone to my dad, like, ‘Dad! I’ve fucked it!’” she recalls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerhaps the biggest surprise, meanwhile, comes in the tense, Carey-produced ‘Confession’. Written after a conversation with her mum sparked by the #MeToo movement, it’s an anxious rattle of a song that’s both abstract and painfully timeless. Yes, in this specific instance, “it was a very long time ago when it happened”, but as the song’s repetition seems to suggest, it was happening then, and it’s happening now and it will probably keep on happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat Pearson decides to follow such a dark sonic moment with the sparse, traditional folk lilt of ‘The Hour’ (penned in its stripped back form, she chuckles, because the acrylic nails she was wearing at the time didn’t allow for anything more complex) is typical of \u003cem\u003eSound of the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e. It’s an album that’s as comfortable revelling in the more laid-back, Real Estate-esque melodies of lead single ‘Talk Over Town’ -a track that attempts to make sense of her recent experiences, of “being Katy from Gloucester, but then being Katy J Pearson who’s this buzzy new artist” -as it is basking in the American indie pop of ‘Float’, penned with longtime pal Ollie Wilde of Pet Shimmers, or experimenting with the buoyant brass of ‘Howl’, in which Orlando repays the favour with a vocal guest spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe record ends with a cover of ‘Willow’s Song’ by Paul Giovanni, taken from the 1973 soundtrack of The Wicker Man. Reinterpreted with a krautrock inflection, it might not have been from her pen but it’s a strangely appropriate way to summarise \u003cstrong\u003eKaty J Pearson\u003c\/strong\u003e’s appeal: someone who takes classic, timeless ideas and spins them into new forms. 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The album was produced and recorded by Ali Chant in his Bristol studio and features previous singles \u003ci\u003eTonight, Hey You\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReturn\u003c\/i\u003e symbolises the re-entry of Pearson into music-making after a previous, collaborative project with her brother fell foul of the pressures of a major label record deal and over the course of two-and-a-half years, between her parents’ house in Gloucestershire, her Bristol bedroom, and nearby community arts space The Island, Pearson honed her craft as a solo artist, learning to rely on her creative instincts, and bringing forth an album just as shaped by the South-West of England as the rich musical history of America’s Southern States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe songs were strengthened and evolved in a live setting ​-​ including in support of Olden Yolk and Cass McCombs on their respective UK and European tours ​—​ before being taken to the studio of producer Ali Chant (PJ Harvey, M. 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