{"title":"Lande Hekt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLande Hekt is a talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for her captivating indie rock sound. With a powerful voice and introspective lyrics, she has gained a dedicated following in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally from Exeter, England, Lande began her musical journey at a young age, learning to play various instruments including guitar and bass. She honed her skills by performing in local bands before eventually launching her solo career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut album [album name] showcases Lande's unique blend of catchy melodies and heartfelt storytelling. Drawing inspiration from personal experiences and social issues, she creates music that resonates with listeners on a deep level.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"house-without-a-view","title":"House Without a View","description":"\u003cp\u003eLande Hekt’s natural state of being is in the writing of a song. Having crafted politically aware, heart-on-sleeve, punchy yet tender, punk-flecked songs with her band Muncie Girls, Lande turned her hand to an even more personal songwriting approach as she embarked on writing a solo record - 2021’s \u003ci\u003eGoing to Hell\u003c\/i\u003e. The debut full-length documented her experience coming out as gay. It set out her stall as a solo artist with supreme storytelling abilities and a knack for understatedly luminous melodies. Lande’s music sits beautifully alongside such essential artists as The Wedding Present, The Sundays, The Replacements, Sleeper and Sharon Van Etten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her debut album barely a year old, 2022 sees Lande armed with a whole new collection of song-form vignettes and musings on her life and experiences. Kicking off where the last record left off, the opening track of new album \u003ci\u003eHouse Without a View\u003c\/i\u003e is ‘Half With You’ which “is about growing into yourself as a queer person, and enjoying who you are after not enjoying it for so long,” says Lande. ‘Cut My Hair’ is about how her relationship with her gender has changed over the last few years, becoming more comfortable in herself and understanding more about what makes her happy. “It’s also about how easy it is to not talk to people when you’re struggling, which is something I did for a long time,” admits Lande. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title track of \u003ci\u003eHouse Without a View\u003c\/i\u003e deals with childhood trauma and how events of our formative years “affect us so much into our adult lives and are intrinsic to our personalities and the way we cope (or don’t) with life and relationships,” says Lande. Although there’s darkness and sadness within the record, there’s also some shining beacons of positivity and a light-hearted side, albeit with a side of frustration. ‘Lola’ was written about Lande’s cat shortly after she came to live with her and her girlfriend. “She’s the first pet I’ve ever had and I wasn’t quite ready for how hard it would be to not be able to verbally communicate with her. 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The album is a personal and confessional account of Hekt coming out as gay and DIY Magazine called it “A celebration of personal freedom”. Going to Hell came out on queer and trans run DIY label, Get Better Records and gained Lande Hekt a following for her introspective and journal-style lyrics, political themes and catchy, guitar-driven indie rock. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional Response now release the new 7” ‘Romantic’ - a song about struggling to fit in, feeling down and finding comfort in romance. Connecting with someone because you both feel like you don’t belong. “I gravitate towards things that bring me down, I always have, at least I know that now. Never forward, I thought all I had was the past. I used to think each birthday would be my last.” “I sat inside on the brightest, warmest days. Everything I loved would always run away. Misery taught me everything I knew and then there was you.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe B-Side is a cover of the Wedding Present song ‘Octopussy” from their 1991 album\u003ci\u003e Seamonsters\u003c\/i\u003e. David Gedge himself said about the cover “Thanks… nice. Always interesting to hear different interpretations!” “God knows I’ve always had to fear the worst, but not that time. You brought me home and then you kissed me first. 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In the song, Lande reflects: “we could move to the city, go to shows and join a pottery class \/ But you’d always be overwhelmed by everything that moves too fast \/ I don’t care where we live, I just want you back.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond single, ‘Axis’, conveys wistful and fleeting thoughts of loneliness and the desire for freedom, transforming elusive feelings into concrete experiences: “Late nights keep me down but it’s different from how it used to be \/ Birds fly past the window and Lola wishes she was free.” After spinning in a hazy stream-of-consciousness amongst hypnotic guitar-driven instrumentals, Lande resigns “It’s always the bad days that keep me from pushing forward.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prize Sunflower","offers":[{"title":"Black 7\"","offer_id":50530260582731,"sku":"2024365","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Lande_Hekt_-_Pottery_Class_de77ed39_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728075317"},{"product_id":"lucky-now","title":"Lucky Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eLande Hekt has quietly become one of the UK’s best underground songwriters. On her 2021 debut full-length Going To Hell and 2022’s House Without a View, she explored her queer identity, sobriety, and childhood trauma through the lens of heartfelt, conversational indie-pop, which led to spots opening for the likes of Alvvays, Throwing Muses and The Beths. Her new album \u003cem\u003eLucky Now\u003c\/em\u003e, written and recorded with producer Matthew Simms (Wire, It Hugs Back), reflects the most mature and confident version of Lande Hekt yet. “I’m not as concerned about how I’m presenting myself,” Hekt says. “I’ve tried to think less about how things are coming across, and just write songs that make me feel connected to myself and what I value.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHekt’s musical touchstones — The Wedding Present, The Sundays, The Replacements — remain the same, but at the same time she’s delved deeper into other influences. \u003cem\u003eLucky Now \u003c\/em\u003eis indebted to 1980s twee-pop and jangle-pop like The Pastels, Tallulah Gosh and The Bats, plus more modern iterations of the sound such as Autocamper and Jeanines, in its ecstatic, soaring melodies and gorgeous, tactile guitars. The sound is fitting for Hekt’s new lyrical outlook, where, though despair and anxiety rear their heads, she digs deep to find the gratitude. “I wanted to try and push for something slightly more positive, which I’m trying to do more of generally — just to not fall apart,” Hekt says.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn keeping with that, opening track “Kitchen ii” is a love song about sharing simple, domestic moments with a partner, while “Rabbits” is a song about hope inspired by one summer solstice spent on Glastonbury Tor. Meanwhile, the slower, acoustic-based “Middle of the Night” is about “reeling from a realisation of being properly happy for the first time in my life,” Hekt says. Hekt also returns to more politically-based songwriting, after largely avoiding politics in both life and music during a disillusioned period, on “Circular” (“they change the law like it’s a game and we’re the pawns getting played”) and “A Million Broken Hearts”. “If you get swept up in the notion that being politically engaged in any way is embarrassing, that is so dangerous,” Hekt says now. “It’s really important to try and find a way to reject that.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the process of making the album, Hekt also moved from Bristol back to her hometown of Exeter. She wrote \u003cem\u003eLucky Now\u003c\/em\u003e’s closing track, “Coming Home”, about the experience of returning there after a long tour; smelling the familiar smells, spotting the familiar faces. In a lot of ways, \u003cem\u003eLucky Now\u003c\/em\u003e is about return — return to joy, return to places and parts of the self once left behind. 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