Novo Amor
about the artist
I made the decision to leave Cardiff, where I'd been living for fourteen years, in the early days of the pandemic, and the romance of having to climb over a drum kit and piano to get to the sofa in my instrument-cluttered former coachhouse wore off once I had nothing I wanted to record. I found a converted 1800s barn in the Welsh countryside, with a plot of land and stables, and set about tearing the stables down with my Dad to build a studio
The move out of the city and into the countryside reflects the environment I grew…
MoreI made the decision to leave Cardiff, where I'd been living for fourteen years, in the early days of the pandemic, and the romance of having to climb over a drum kit and piano to get to the sofa in my instrument-cluttered former coachhouse wore off once I had nothing I wanted to record. I found a converted 1800s barn in the Welsh countryside, with a plot of land and stables, and set about tearing the stables down with my Dad to build a studio
The move out of the city and into the countryside reflects the environment I grew up in. My Dad had a studio next to our house when I was a child, a renovated stone barn in the remote countryside. As we get older I suppose many of us see our lives paralleling those of our parents in some ways, and this move for me felt a significant and meaningful one
I feel like an album is always – for any artist – just a marker, a timestamp of when it was created, and while I only really recorded 'Collapse List' in 2023, a lot changed for me in the three years since my previous album 'Cannot Be, Whatsoever' was released. The new record speaks of my recognising what needs to change in my life, from my location, my feelings towards making music, the nature of my relationships and such
There's a line in one of the new songs: "my legs won't go where my head wants"
I guess they finally did