Singer Songwriter, Bess Atwell will release her enchanting 5 track EP ‘Big Blue’, along with lead single ‘Harvested’ on May 24^th via Mother’s Milk Records. ‘Big Blue’ was produced by Giles Barrett (Johnny Flynn, Marika Hackman, Goat Girl) and follows acclaimed debut album “Hold Your Mind” released in 2016.

The artists rich, smooth vocal meanders over melodic guitar as the EP takes the listener on a journey rife with water imagery, from being engulfed, to eventually coming up for air. Opener ‘Swimming Pool‘, explores female empowerment through being open about weaknesses. ‘Grace’ is the more restrained, intimate successor, fundamentally a love song about accepting someone at their worst, whilst ‘Cherry Baby’ projects darker, rocky atmospheres and talks of human sell-by dates. Spending longer between projects has allowed the talented songwriter to develop a more refined, assured sound, incorporating new indie-rock influences that ultimately enabled the artist to fall back in love with folk music. Taking inspiration from the likes of The National, Fleet Foxes, Lucy Dacus and Soccer Mommy, to name just a few, the new music attempts to depict the friction between fantastical, escapist imagery and the realities of relationships.

Bess said about the EP “’Big Blue’ explores conflicting themes on identity, romanticism and reality. I have an amazing full-time band now who worked on these songs with me outside of the studio and so, when the time came to record, we just went into the studio and essentially played the songs “.

She continued to talk about the lead single harvested “I wrote Harvested about a very complicated friendship; Two people whose overwhelming similarities could comfort and cripple the other in equal measure.”

Singles from the EP have been playlisted by BBC Radio 6 Music and live performances championed by the likes of The Guardian and The Independent paved the way for live sessions on the Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley’s shows.

2019 will see the artist return to festival favourites such as The Great Escape and Green Man as well as perform a headline UK tour.

Bess Atwell’s new EP is released on May 24^th via Mother’s Milk Records.

EP Track list

1. Swimming Pool
2. Grace
3. Cherry Baby
4. Harvested
5. Ventnor Villas

Love for Bess Atwell

Her delicate guitar chords are present in all 12 songs of the album, breathing life into her honest and emotive lyrics. – Wonderland

“a gifted singer-songwriter with a voice like slow, cool water.” – The Guardian

“a promising folk poet of suppression and inner anxiety.” – The Independent