But I can’t lie I think that life is sweet
I know love stares across the bar at grief
And I know hope can be an empty street
Fuck being timid now, we gotta smile somehow
I just hope death is on a losing streak
I’ll lose my mind before I lose my feet
And I can’t sleep until I know she sleeps
I can’t sleep until I know she sleeps
📸 @joelstagg
Just spent the last couple of weeks tucked away making music and I feel so excited about what happened. The sound feels right, the words feel right, and I can’t wait to go down this road with you. Thank you for always supporting me ❤️
📸 @joelstagg
‘I’ve told the trees everything’ is out now.
It means so much to me to share this EP with you. It feels like such a beautiful direction I’m heading in, and I’m very excited to go there with you. Thank you for sticking with me and getting me here, and for giving me space.
I was so lucky to work with @nicholasmoegly on the artwork for this project. I’ve been such a fan of his for a long time, I always want to live inside his art, it gives me such a powerful feeling.
A certain group of trees have watched over me my whole life, good and bad. There’s magic to that, and I know they know me. I hope this music means something to you and takes you on a journey.
Listen now via the link in bio!
I’m writing, and working on some very exciting stuff in the background, but in the meantime, I really am just Tom’s assistant. My camera roll’s a joke 🐕. However, now that I’m here I’ll fill you in. I’m just working away on music by myself every day. The time away from touring has been incredibly helpful honestly. That 7 year stint was really something. When I look back, the gratitude I feel is infinite, and I feel like I’ll never capture it. All those venues and moments, how much you all believe in me. The privilege of travelling the world to play my music to people is such a special thing. But it does a funny thing too, or at least it did to me. It kind of nurtures this competitive side as well. I took pride in being the one that was always on tour, who could always do 4 nights in a row even though my voice was so sore. Who could play in 3 different continents in a week. I always had that kind of mindset, because I always believe you have to do a wild amount of work to get to do extraordinary things. And that’s cool, but I don’t know if competition necessarily has a place when you’re creating. So since I got off tour I’ve just been trying to come back to that person I was before the 1st album. When I created with no expectation, with no real goal for a song, other than loving it. So I’m spending a lot of time with myself, staying off my phone, allowing myself to get bored and then seeing what thoughts and lyrics show up. I have days where I feel so peaceful, and then other days where I feel anxious and useless, or as if I’m falling behind. But I do believe so strongly in the idea that if I can create an album I’m so happy with and so proud of, then that will get me exactly where I need to be. I’d imagine that’s also how you guys will like it best then too. So that’s my only goal right now. Forgive me if I’m on here less, I feel like this is a place where that competitive side of me grows, and feelings I don’t like can pop up sometimes, like insecurity and jealousy, which is so dumb cause I love the artists whose success I see and I want to just be happy for everyone. So I’ll speak to you soon. As Ben Howard said, “I will become what I deserve”. Love ya
This St Patrick’s Day, I was in a loft in New York performing an acoustic arrangement of ‘Lucky’ with some incredible musicians thanks to @samsungus . I hope you like it. Full video in bio.
She says, “I love the way you see me”
Like I could ever see her any other way
I write these songs instead of sleeping
Still, there’s so much that I won’t get a chance to say
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The only time I prayed was in my bedroom
I never got the sense anybody heard me speak
It’s funny how the dark can make us all believers
I bet he watches down and says “this is when they’ll ask for me”
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Oh I loved you in the evening
And every other second of the day
When my heart was always breaking
When you laughed all of the pieces found a place
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At this point I should say, I can recall her perfume
Scenes of where we’re from, and dreams, and fields
On that autumn day, those curtains see through
Paris in the background, and her swaying on the balcony
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Please take a drive and listen to this EP. Show it to a friend. Tell them your favourite lyric. Knowing that’s happening out there honestly fills me with so much joy. I’m so proud of this music. It’s a sign of things to come, and it reminds me of when I started out, just being so proud and happy with the music, and so hungry to share it and be heard. And I believe that passion is reflected in how you guys vouch for me and spread the word, so thank you ❤️
“I’ve told the trees everything” has been out for a week. I’m so glad you guys like it. It means so much to me honestly, and oh god I love Tom so fkkin much I could just ticjeheydhdhwhxjaidhch
Vinyl and Merch!!!! I’m so so excited to share these with you. The merch is so good, it fits beautifully, is insanely comfortable and the artwork fits on it so well. The title of the EP is embroidered in my handwriting on the front. And the vinyl is so beautiful, especially the marbled one!! I’m so excited about these, it feels like a new era and I know you’re gonna love them too. The artwork by @nicholasmoegly was too good to not put it out there like this! Thank you for your patience, you can order at the link in my bio!!
