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| Shirley Collins has a new five-track EP of field recordings featuring "My Sailor Boy" (see below) out July 30th via Domino. |
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Britfolk icon Shirley Collins MBE released the excellent Heart’s Ease last year; her second album for Domino, it showcased Collins with her confidence fully returned. An album broader & brighter in tone than 2016’s Lodestar (her first studio album in 38 years), it found Shirley Collins exploring warmer themes and featured four non-traditional songs, including closing track “Crowlink”.
Today, Shirley Collins is pleased to announce the release of a new EP, Crowlink, due July 30th. The five-song EP is named after a particular hamlet in the Seven Sisters (a series of undulating hills on the Sussex coast of England) with a pathway that overlooks the English Channel, one of which is one of Shirley’s Collins’ favourite places to be.
Picking up from Heart’s Ease’s finale, the Crowlink EP is a collection of songs sung by Shirley Collins, and featuring field recordings from the edge of the cliffs at Crowlink, Firle Church and Etchingham, recorded by Matthew Shaw. Shaw produced the EP and contributes instrumental accompaniment.
Alongside the Crowlink announcement, Shirley Collins shares “My Sailor Boy” from the EP, which finds Shirley Collins singing over a moody, atmospheric fusion of sounds and demonstrates a more experimental side to the folk veteran. The track’s video (see it below), directed by frequent collaborator Grant Gee, mirrors the eerie sound and mystical feel of the EP. Elsewhere on the EP, Ossian Brown’s hurdy-gurdy rings through on “The Rose and the Briar”; artwork comes courtesy of author, painter, filmmaker & provocateur Brian Catling.
Pre-order a digital copy of Shirley's "Crowlink" right here: https://smarturl.it/CrowlinkEP. There's a 12" vinyl version planned for release later this year. Watch Grant Gee's video for "My Sailor Boy" followed by the tracklist for the Crowlink EP below.
Shirley Collins – Crowlink EP
2. At Break of Day
3. Through All Eternity
4. My Sailor Boy
5. The Rose and the Briar
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