Bess Atwell - Always Already (Coloured Vinyl) (LP)

Cat. no: RLKND014G
Format: LP
Barcode: 5060496189035
Release Date: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Folk

Re-pressed: standard wallet, seafoam green vinyl, printed inner-sleeve Residing now in Brighton, Bess grew up in the English countryside in a creative family of songwriters and artists. Whilst her crystalline vocals draw favourable comparisons to the likes of Marika Hackman and Julia Jacklin, her lyrics evoke an imagery that often spins from the pastoral to the abstract. Handpicked by Lucy Rose for signing to her own label Real Kind Records, tracks from the album are already on high rotation at BBC 6 music.

Selected quotes:
'It's a stunner' - Chris Hawkins, 6Music
'Brilliant… does sound great' - Huw Stephens, 6Music
'One lovely thing this is… she has such a deft touch' - Steve Lamacq, 6Music
"Spectacular… One of the most unassuming yet remarkable young artists in the UK, she has made a record so intimate that by the closing song she seems like an old friend" - The Independent

"Brighton's Bess Atwell is a rare talent, a singer-songwriter whose languorous voice sits midway between Lana del Rey's hazy delivery and Emmy the Great at her most broken-hearted. ...she's that rare thing in the post-Ed Sheeran age, a singer-songwriter worth keeping an eye on." - The Arts Desk
"What a cool, assured and lovely thing the second album from the Brighton singer-songwrier is. What marks her out is her ear for a phrase and music that can pierce the heart." - Metro
"Her vocals resemble Lana Del Rey with a greater twist of passion, marking her as one of the most exciting young talents in English indie folk." - Clash

LP Tracks: Co-Op / All You Can Do / Silver Fir / Dolly / Love Is Not Enough / How Do You Leave / Time Comes In Roses / Red Light Heaven / Olivia"," In A Separate Bed / Nobody