{"product_id":"bess-atwell-light-sleeper-lp","title":"Bess Atwell - Light Sleeper [LP]","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCat. no: RLKND037\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5060998461998\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 24 May 2024\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Indie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"You called yourself broken, but that's just what people are, that's how the light gets in,\" sings Bess Atwell in the opening moments of Light Sleeper, before gentle hums of strings and shuffling snares make way for the Brighton singer's voice at full pelt, singing with a newfound rawness.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Light Sleeper is about the willingness to feel,\" the Brighton singer-songwriter explains. \"Somewhere along the line I had become very afraid of feeling.\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA huge part of this exploratory new era was Aaron Dessner, who produced Light Sleeper. His isolated cabin studio Long Pond, in Hudson Valley, was once Bess' desktop background, but she never thought she would end up star-gazing on its veranda and noodling away on the same instruments used by her heroes, not to mention a certain pop star...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe immediate trust between the pair clicked the moment Atwell walked through the doors of the iconic recording space; Dessner showed her around and then promptly left her alone to play on the many instruments at the heart of her favourite The National songs. As Atwell puts it, they seemed to speak the same musical language. \"I trust his ear and I knew we had the same vision\" she says.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince the release of 'Already, Always' Atwell has been through a number of personal transformations including tapering off antidepressants, after \"years of avoiding it\". Reflections on her upbringing and re-evaluations of some of her experiences led to a autism diagnosis in May 2023, which has helped her to make sense of many different moments.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMotifs of sleeping and waking run throughout Light Sleeper, which constantly stirs and settles, Atwell embracing the full range and rawness of her voice like never before. By the title-track, which closes the album, twinkling, starry synthesisers lead her to a place of quiet realisation: \"I'm ready to be a light sleeper again\/To wake up and feel everything\/I can carry the weight of it\"\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLIVE:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6th June - Manchester, Band On The Wall (headline)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7th June - London, Union Chapel (headline)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8th June - Bristol, Thekla (headline)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11th July - Edinburgh Castles, Edinburgh, Scotland (supporting The National)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLP Tracks: Everyone Who's Not In Love With You is Wrong \/ Release Myself \/ Sylvester \/ Fan Favourite \/ The Weeping \/ Something Now \/ Spinning Sun \/ I Am Awake \/ Crowds \/ Light Sleeper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Real Kind Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43089010327708,"sku":"RLKND037","price":21.87,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/RLKND037_8d08f871-ee5e-44a5-8f50-9e9e9b7ff2cd.jpg?v=1707813744","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/bess-atwell-light-sleeper-lp","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}