Choosing Sophie Jamieson

• 1 Addition 03:38
• 2 Crystal 05:16
• 3 Downpour 04:10
• 4 Sink 02:45
• 5 Fill 05:01
• 6 Empties 02:29
• 7 Runner 03:19
• 8 Violence 04:10
• 9 Boundary 03:55
• 10 Who Will I Be 03:25
• 11 Long Play 05:50
• Total Runtime 43:58

Info for Choosing

Sophie Jamieson, neu bei Bella Union, kündigt ihr Debütalbum »Choosing« an! Obwohl es beim Schreiben der elf Songs des Albums eigentlich nie im Mittelpunkt stand, taucht Wasser in den verschiedensten Formen als übergeordnetes Thema auf: von tobenden Stürmen mit peitschendem Regen über die Unheimlichkeit riesiger stiller Wasserflächen bis hin zu überlaufenden Badewannen. Selbst in zweideutigeren Begriffen fühlt es sich allgegenwärtig an, während das Album Sophies eigenen langen und qualvollen Kampf gegen die Gezeiten beschreibt.

Produziert von Steph Marziano (Ex:Re, Lapsley, Hayley Williams), fühlt sich »Choosing« oft an, als stünde es am Abgrund, bereit, jeden Moment zusammenzubrechen, bevor es seine Stärke darin findet, einfach nicht aufzugeben. Inspiriert von der melodischen Arbeit von Acts wie Elena Tonra, Sharon Van Etten und Scott Hutchison, ist der vorherrschende Sound sehr organisch - Live-Schlagzeug, Bass, Cello und Klavier kommen auf dem gesamten Album zum Einsatz - was Raum für Sophies hypnotisierende Stimme schafft.

Sophie Jamieson

Sophie Jamieson
is a London-based songwriter who delivers intimate, visceral and uncomfortably honest songs. She explores the dips and troughs of mental health, uncompromising examinations of loneliness and pain, but always with an underlying strength that promises hope, and growth.

Sophie released her first EP, ‘Where’ to critical acclaim in 2013. A botched recording experience and a personal breakdown contributed to a withdrawal altogether from music for four years, in which she trained as a cocktail bartender and thought she’d never make music again. In 2019 however, something changed, and the songs started coming. Since then, Sophie has released two EPs, ‘Hammer’ and ‘Release’, which examine depression, coping mechanisms and isolation, as well as the effort to rescue oneself.

Her debut album, ‘Choosing’, will be released this winter on Bella Union. Following on from 2020's EPs, it aims to close this chapter by looking at self-destructive behaviour straight in the face and grappling with it more uncompromisingly than ever before. It's about trying, failing, and trying again, to pull yourself out of a downward spiral, choosing yourself and allow yourself to live.

“The title of this album is so important,” Sophie explains. “Without it, this might sound like another record about self-destruction and pain, but at heart, it’s about hope, and finding strength. It’s about finding the light at the end of the tunnel and crawling towards it.”

This album contains no booklet.