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Låpsley announces debut album
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 20 January 2016
Låpsley will release her debut album, ‘Long Way Home’, through XL on 4 Mar. Make a note of that.
“It’s an autobiography of my emotions and events over the past year”, says the musician of the new record. “Everything that’s happened, I’ve channelled in some way into a song – whether that’s the theme of a long distance relationship, or something that he’s said, or the way that I’ve felt, or an argument. I only revisit the memories of that relationship when I go into the studio. I think it’s helped me, to be able to collect everything for those moments when I’m writing. I think that’s what’s driven this album”.
Although she adds that one thing that held back the record was trying to find the right producer to work with on it, she having rejected numerous potential collaborators. She explains: “They didn’t want to listen to me, or they think a girl’s just there to add a top line, or they come to the table with ideas already. Straight away if I come in to a studio and someone says ‘I’ve written something for you’, then I’ll just walk out. I don’t care. I’m not there for that”.
In the end, the majority of the album was created with XL’s in-house producer Rodaidh McDonald, who turned out to be a much better match for her. “This album wouldn’t be how it is if it wasn’t for Rodaidh”, she says. “He’s at the top of the thank yous. The way that he thinks is different to anybody else. He’s not tainted by a commercial idea, it’s so creative and beautiful and what I aspire to be like in the future”.
Listen to new single ‘Love Is Blind’ here:
And catch Låpsley on tour at these dates:
5 Mar: Manchester, Academy 2
6 Mar: Bristol, Trinity
9 Mar: Birmingham, Institute 3
10 Mar: Brighton, The Haunt
30 Mar: London, Heaven
