Artist
“Oh,
by now, I must have grown”, Alessi Laurent-Marke sings, beautifully,
four songs into her stunning sophomore album, TIME TRAVEL. And hasn’t
she just - not yet 21 but already a seasoned pro, having recorded her
debut album aged just 17, with members of Bright Eyes, and touring with
the
likes of Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons and Brighton cult faves
the Willkommen Collective. “Time Travel” is the first Alessi’s Ark album
since signing to Bella Union, where her acutely melodic and exquisitely
tender folk-pop charms haven’t just grown; they’ve blossomed into
something extraordinarily mature.The experience of recording
‘Time Travel’ - in Brighton’s Electric Studios with Wilkommen
Collective’s Marcus Hamblett and at Bryn Derwen in Wales with David
Wrench (Beth Orton, Bat for Lashes) - gave the album its name. “In
Brighton, we did 12 hour days and had no idea what was going on in the
outside world. In Wales, there was no phone signal, and it felt far away
from everything.”The 12-track Time Travel alternates between
anxiety and joy, between childlike wishes and grown-up truths - how
change can force us apart but also signify growth. Intimacy is the key
not just to Time Travel’s sound but also its soul. “This is a collection
of songs that have mostly grown from travelling and touring, away from
the familiarity of home, family and friends”.From: http://www.facebook.com/alessisarkofficial?sk=info
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