Katherine Priddy The Eternal Rocks Beneath Vinyl LP 2024
Tracklist:
1. Indigo
2. Wolf
3. About Rosie
4. Icarus
5. Eurydice
6. Letters From A Travelling Man
7. The Spring Never Came
8. Ring O'Roses
9. The Isle Of Eigg
10. The Summer Has Flown
Limited edition black vinyl re-pressing of Katherine Priddy's widely acclaimed debut album, 'The Eternal Rocks Beneath' originally released in 2021 and precursor to her current, equally-lauded album, 'The Pendulum Swing.'
Over the past few years, Priddy has quietly been building a growing following, captivating audiences around the UK with her haunting vocals, rich harmonies, distinctive finger picking guitar style and enchanting songs whose lyrics celebrate her life-long love affair with literature and poetry. She has been championed by BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music and her debut EP 'Wolf' was chosen by Richard Thompson as his 'Best Thing I've Heard All Year' in MOJO Magazine.
With the buzz around her building, Priddy made her biggest splash with the 2021 release of her debut album, The Eternal Rocks Beneath. The 10 self-penned tracks were delivered with a maturity and depth that belied the fact that this was her first full length release. At times tender, at times carrying a darker edge, the stories she weaves here are transporting. Not surprising then that Nick Drake, John Martyn, Tunng and Scott Matthews are amongst her many influences.
The album was recorded over a 2-year period at Rebellious Jukebox studios, a little basement studio hidden beneath inner-city Birmingham and presided over by masterful producer Simon Weaver. The ensemble cast of musicians, including a sweeping string section, occasionally cut through by raw electric guitar and drums, as well as Richard March (Pop Will Eat Itself) on double bass and Mikey Kenny on fiddle, enhance Priddy's command of melody and lyricism and provide the perfect backdrop for the feelings of nostalgia and timelessness that underpin the record. Many of the songs were written during Priddy's teenage years and early twenties and reference themes of childhood and distant memories.