Katherine Priddy - The Pendulum Swing (CLEAR VINYL)

Format: LP, Clear Vinyl, Gatefold sleeve with a printed inner
Catalogue No.: LPCOOK910C2
Barcode: 711297921090
Release Date: 05 Dec 2025
Genre: Folk

British singer-songwriter Katherine Priddy is to release her much-anticipated sophomore album The Pendulum Swing via Cooking Vinyl. This follows her highly acclaimed 2021 debut The Eternal Rocks Beneath, which announced Priddy as a singular new talent on the contemporary roots music scene. 
Speaking about the single, "First House On The Left", and the wider themes on the album Priddy commented: “Despite its soft and dreamy sound, this song provides the cornerstone around which the album and its themes orbit."
The album title The Pendulum Swing is taken from a line in this song and describes the urge to leave and the even stronger urge to return. It also sums up this second album as a whole nicely - "despite moving forward and feeling the need to do something different with this second release, I still can't help but return to those fundamental, unchanging things at the root of it all: home, family, love."
Once again recorded in Birmingham by producer Simon J Weaver, guest musicians comprise John Smith (lead guitar), Harry Fausing Smith (strings), Marcus Hamblett (brass/double bass), George Boomsma (guitar, backing vocals, co-writer on track “Ready To Go”), Polly Virr (cello) and even a brief appearance from Priddy’s family members right at the end of the album, in keeping with its themes. With The Pendulum Swing, Priddy has managed to keep moving forward whilst acknowledging and honouring all that has gone before.

A1. Returning  A2. Selah  A3. First House On The Left  A4. These Words Of Mine  A5. Does She Hold You Like I Did  A6. Northern Sunrise  B1. A Boat On The River  B2. Father Of Two  B3. Anyway, Always  B4. Walnut Shell  B5. Ready To Go  B6. Leaving