{"title":"Anna McLuckie","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-little-winters","title":"The Little Winters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnna McLuckie returns with \u003cem\u003eThe Little Winters\u003c\/em\u003e, a new album from the Edinburgh-born nu-folk singer and clarsach player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to an American term describing late frosts that arrive during springtime - brief returns of winter that traditionally help farmers predict planting cycles. These moments are marked by the blooming of five plants - Redbud, Dogwood, Locust, Blackberry and Britches - natural indicators that thread their way through the record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten during a period of transition, \u003cem\u003eThe Little Winters\u003c\/em\u003e emerged as Anna relocated from Manchester to London, stirring an unexpected and profound homesickness for Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Having left Scotland at seventeen, it surprised me that a whole decade later I suddenly started to feel this loss of place hit me with force. I realised that in uprooting myself I had discovered a neglected, detached root which was looking for new soil.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the album, the songs trace a journey: charting fond farewells to Manchester in New Northern Lullaby and Mister God; deep nostalgia for the Scottish landscapes of Anna's childhood in Dark Island, Bitten Winter Skin and Promise To Linger; and finally a fresh sense of wonder and new love for a city still being discovered in Jay Bird.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe track Winterlude, which introduces Jay Bird, features the voice of Anna's youngest sister responding to the prompt, \"What would it feel like to be a bird?\" Both sides of the LP close with the darkest songs on the record -- a homage to the bouts of frost that inspired the album's title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lead single, Bitten Winter Skin , is something of a New Year's resolution, written during the quiet, reflective days between Christmas and New Year at the end of 2023: \"Next year I will bring none of this bitterness, just Bitten Winter Skin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComposed while sitting in an armchair in her childhood bedroom, watching the sun set over Edinburgh's tenement rooftops, the song captures a very distinct emotional state. In Scottish Gaelic, this feeling is known as cianalas -- a deep, place- specific nostalgia. The lyrics reflect a balance of sadness, growth and belonging in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter recording initial demos in her father's front room in Edinburgh, preserving intimacy became central to the final recordings. \u003cem\u003eThe Little Winters\u003c\/em\u003e was recorded live at the end of a garden in North London, where Anna is joined by longtime friends and collaborators George Burrage (bass), Awen Blandford (cello, vocals) and Sean Rogan (banjo, production). Together, they shape a record that feels close, human and gently expansive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hudson Records","offers":[{"title":"LP - Purple","offer_id":56770034598219,"sku":"R2464-4523","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56770034630987,"sku":"R2464-7919","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":56770034663755,"sku":"R2464-5745","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c78970c4-d720-4364-b5de-39bfbb9eb8d7_2.jpg?v=1773214540"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/anna-mcluckie.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}