The lovely and wondrous force of nature that is Emily Barker is back in the UK
She celebrates with a new single left off the last fine fine album ( my album of the year 2024)
called ‘Fragile As Humans’ that explores the darker, deeper, sadder side of life in a way that it is at once emotionally intelligent (not all of us are you know!?) and depth work worthy of our exploration and contemplation in my humble opinion. She is a wonderment! Go see her!
Hello I have a new song out today. I recorded Bright Idea during the Fragile as Humans sessions recorded at The Wool Hall in Beckington with producer, Luke Potashnick - he's who's doing the backing vocals on the track. If you watch the video, you'll see the beautiful old building that is the studio in the background. |
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This quote by Virginia Woolf: “I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual” is one I returned to repeatedly when writing the songs for my album Fragile as Humans. ‘Bright Idea’ speaks to it most directly. |
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Sometimes our idea of what we’d like the future to look like is vivid. We have a narrative we tell ourselves and we do all we can to usher life in that particular direction. But, as you know, life rarely obeys our vision for it and when things don’t go according to plan, it can feel like a loss despite it only ever having existed as an idea. That's what this song is about. I'm sure you can relate. |
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I started writing this on a train from London to Dumfries, facing backwards, glancing up from the screen to see green fields, leafless trees, the sun just about managing to break through the clouds. I played the first show of my tour in Dumfries, then a second in Dublin. Now I’m tucked up on my hotel bedroom about to watch episode 6 (series 1) of Ted Lasso having just played a show in Belfast to a very lovely crowd. Storm Éowyn is about to hit and I’ve got a day off tomorrow before I head to meet the band in Bristol. I can’t wait to see them and to share our show with you soon. |
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Thanks for listening and hope to see you at a show. Emily
x wild to be sharing this moment . . . |
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Emily Tour details here
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