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Ghostly harmonies, haunting melodies and words weaving strange tales...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInfluences: Nick Drake, John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, Eliza Carthy, Tunng, The Imagined Village, Jose Gonzalez, Iron and Wine, Richard Thompson, Vashti Bunyan\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"first-house-on-the-left","title":"The Pendulum Swing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKatherine Priddy\u003c\/strong\u003e, a British singer-songwriter, has released her much-anticipated sophomore album \u003cem\u003eThe Pendulum Swing\u003c\/em\u003e via Cooking Vinyl. This follows her highly acclaimed 2021 debut \u003cem\u003eThe Eternal Rocks Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e, which announced Priddy as a singular new talent on the contemporary roots music scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpeaking about the single and the wider themes on the album, Priddy commented: \"\u003cem\u003eDespite its soft and dreamy sound, this song provides the cornerstone around which the album and its themes orbit. It’s inspired by the little old house where I grew up and all the memories captured within those four walls - both for me and for all the other inhabitants who’ve lived there over the centuries. It might just be another terraced cottage to passersby, but to those who’ve called it home, it’s everything.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe album title \u003cem\u003eThe Pendulum Swing\u003c\/em\u003e is taken from a line in this song and describes the urge to leave and the even stronger urge to return - something I’ve felt a lot in recent few years as I’ve tried to carve out a corner for myself elsewhere, but always found myself wandering back, craving the comfort and nostalgia of the past. It also sums up this second album as a whole quite nicely - my songs have matured since my debut, seeing as most of those were written in my childhood, but despite moving forward and feeling the need to do something different with this second release, I still can't help but return to those fundamental, unchanging things at the root of it all: home, family, love.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnce again recorded in Birmingham by producer Simon J Weaver, guest musicians comprise \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e (lead guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eHarry Fausing Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e (strings), \u003cstrong\u003eMarcus Hamblett\u003c\/strong\u003e (brass\/double bass), \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Boomsma\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, backing vocals, co-writer on track \"\u003cem\u003eReady To Go\u003c\/em\u003e\"), \u003cstrong\u003ePolly Virr\u003c\/strong\u003e (cello) and even a brief appearance from Priddy’s family members right at the end of the album, in keeping with its themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Pendulum Swing\u003c\/em\u003e, Priddy has managed to keep moving forward whilst acknowledging and honouring all that has gone before. 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She has been championed by BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music and her debut EP 'Wolf' was chosen by Richard Thompson as his 'Best Thing I've Heard All Year' in MOJO Magazine in 2018. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the buzz around her building, Priddy is making her mark in 2021 with the release of an eagerly anticipated debut album, \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal Rocks Beneath\u003c\/i\u003e, which is set to bring her to even wider notice. The 10 self-penned tracks are delivered with a maturity and depth that belie the fact that this is her first full length release. At times tender, at times carrying a darker edge, the stories she weaves are transporting. Not surprising then that Nick Drake, John Martyn, Tunng and Scott Matthews are amongst her many influences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album was recorded over a 2-year period at Rebellious Jukebox studios, a little basement studio hidden beneath inner-city Birmingham and presided over by masterful producer Simon Weaver. The ensemble cast of musicians, including a sweeping string section, occasionally cut through by raw electric guitar and drums, as well as Richard March (Pop Will Eat Itself) on double bass and Mikey Kenny on fiddle, enhance Priddy's command of melody and lyricism and provide the perfect backdrop for the feelings of nostalgia and timelessness that underpin the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the songs were written during Priddy's teenage years and early twenties and reference themes of childhood and distant memories. The charming bird song that begins the first track \"Indigo\" and closes the final track \"The Summer Has Flown\" harks back to the soundtrack to her own childhood, when days began and ended with the sound of a blackbird in the tree outside her window. In the same way, it now bookends this chapter of Priddy's life and music career. 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