Following up the success of her recently shared offerings ‘All You Can Do’ in recent months, alongside the BBC 6Music playlisted ‘Co-op’ and ‘Time Comes In Roses’, emerging singer and songwriter Bess Atwell recently showcased her highly-anticipated new album ‘Already, Always’ with the beautifully sweet yet desolate cut ‘Nobody’, and now returns to unveil its beautifully sweeping live video.
Directed by James Hough, and featuring Marcus Hamblett and Jools Owen on horns, this live rendition of ‘Nobody’ looks to accentuate the passion and loneliness the original release looked to convey. With its stripped-back aesthetic and a sombre vocal performance from Bess throughout, this humble croon highlights one of the more thoughtful and enticing cuts from her forthcoming new record.
Speaking about the video, she said, “This is one of my favourite tracks on the record so I wanted to highlight it by doing something that felt a bit more special. I’ve always wanted to perform with a brass section so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so.
“The video was done by the brilliant James Hough. It’s rare to find someone capable of capturing high quality audio and visual all on their own so I felt very lucky to get to work with him on this.
“It’s important to me that the whole record is connected through the same visual world so we filmed in the garden that the artwork for ‘Time Comes in Roses’ was shot – even using the same chair that’s on that cover.”
Her new collection ‘Already, Always’ looks to bring together the songs and aesthetics she has been channelling for some time. While on the surface some would see it as a break-up record, the album itself is more about the deeper relationships that many of us experience throughout our lives, and how brittle and disconnected they can become over time.
A release that focuses on loss, love, life, and death, Bess Atwell has taken the opportunity behind this album to create something that not only reflects who she is upon us, but also allows us to see ourselves in her.
‘Already, Always’ Album Tracklist:1. Co-op2. All You Can Do3. Silver Fir4. Dolly5. Love Is Not Enough6. How Do You Leave7. Time Comes in Roses8. Red Light Heaven9. Olivia, in A Separate Bed10. NobodyTo support the new album, Bess Atwell has also announced a string of festival and UK tour dates for later in the year including a 15-date UK headline tour in November and December.
Spring / Summer 202112th Aug – 110 Above Festival11th Sept – Down at the Abbey Festival
UK Tour dates15th Nov – Liverpool, Leaf16th Nov – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach18th Nov – Bristol, Exchange19th Nov – Leeds, Headrow House20th Nov – Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete’s21st Nov – Glasgow, Broadcast23rd Nov – Newcastle, The Cluny 225th Nov – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds V226th Nov – Manchester, Deaf Institute27th Nov – Nottingham, Bodega30th Nov – Cambridge, Junction 21st Dec – Oxford, The Jericho Tower2nd Dec – London, Oslo3rd Dec – Southampton, Heartbreakers4th Dec – Brighton, Patterns
There is comfort in the familiar. Yet it is precisely when we are most comfortable that we begin to ask questions. Artist Bess Atwell is full of questions: on life, death, love, loss… and how things that at first seem mundane become profound when looked at in a different light. On her sensational album, ‘Already, Always’, Atwell offers one of the most assured records by a British artist in years. Released via Lucy Rose’s Communion imprint Real Kind Records, it focuses heavily on Atwell’s own experiences yet has a universal appeal – demonstrated already by the support from the BBC’s 6music, and millions of streams of Atwell’s earlier, self released, singles. “What I really care about is people listening to this album and saying, ‘God, I feel like I know her,'” the Brighton-based artist explains. “I wanted to illustrate, not just the romance in relationships, but that bit that comes afterwards.”