Bess Atwell returns today to announce her plans for a new seven-track remix EP, dubbed ‘Already, Rearranged‘, out September 16th through Lucy Rose’s Real Kind Records.
Featuring revised works from the likes of Billie Marten x Ellie Mason, Tony Njoku, Liz Lawrence, Chartreuse, and even Bess herself on a new rendition of ‘Red Light Heaven’, this new collection looks to bring a more diverse and broadened light to her highly-praised studio album ‘Already, Always‘.
Showcased today by the Igor Haefeli re-edit of ‘Time Comes In Roses‘. Best known as the lead guitarist in Daughter, his new rework sees the original track transformed into a rich and atmospheric swoon, filled with bright and textured electronic eccentricities throughout.
LISTEN TO ‘TIME COMES IN ROSES’ (IGOR HAEFELI REMIX) HERE / WATCH VIDEO HERE
It follows the plaudits Bess received for her album ‘Already, Always‘ released last year, which was featured in The Independent’s 40 Best Albums Of 2021 and METRO’s Top 50 Albums Of The Year, as well as BBC 6Music crowning it ‘Album Of The Day’ on release and playlisting the singles ‘Co-op‘, ‘All You Can Do‘, and ‘How Do You Leave‘.
Earlier this year Bess featured as one of the artists selected by BBC 6Music’s Steve Lamacq to perform as part of Independent Venues Week (other artists selected included Yard Act, Wet Leg, Franz Ferdinand), as well as performing two live stripped back tracks and an interview on his show.
After completing an extensive UK headline tour from November through February in support of the record, and supported Midlake, Bears Den and Noah Gundersen on their recent tours, Bess has a busy run of festival dates later this summer, including:Latitude, Cambridge Folk Fest, Green Man and All Points East. Lots more live dates and details surrounding the EP release in the PR below.
Following the plaudits she received for her album Already, Always‘ released last year, which was featured in The Independent’s 40 Best Albums Of 2021 and METRO’s Top 50 Albums Of The Year, as well as BBC 6Music crowning it ‘Album Of The Day’ on release and playlisting the singles ‘Co-op‘, ‘All You Can Do‘, and ‘How Do You Leave‘, Bess Atwell has now announced her plans for a new seven-track remix EP, dubbed ‘Already, Rearranged‘.
Featuring revised works from the likes of Billie Marten x Ellie Mason, Tony Njoku, Liz Lawrence, Chartreuse, and even Bess herself on a new rendition of ‘Red Light Heaven’, this new collection looks to bring a more diverse and broadened light to her highly-praised studio album.
Adding about the conception about the EP, Bess Atwell said, “When we decided to do a remix EP I never imagined we’d create something I’m so proud of and excited to share. I’m a fan of every artist involved in this project and I wanted them to have total creative freedom and to showcase their own perspectives on the songs. Considering I gave them no brief at all, I’m all the more proud of what we created and the tracks as a cohesive body of work.”
Showcased by the Igor Haefeli re-edit of ‘Time Comes In Roses’, best known as the lead guitarist in Daughter, his new rework sees the original track transformed into a rich and atmospheric swoon, filled with bright and textured electronic eccentricities throughout.
Speaking about the new re-edit, Bess added, “I love remixes that keep roughly the same song structure but still manage to reinvent it. Igor did an amazing job of re-contextualising this song, gifting me the ability to hear it as if for the first time, from the outside. I absolutely adore this remix and was so excited when I first heard it.”
While Igor added, “When I first heard ‘Time Comes In Roses’, it instantly felt like an honest and vulnerable song. The lyrics seemed as if they’d been written without too much judgement, beautifully composed yet raw. My original idea was to splinter different parts of Bess’s vocal to push the stream of consciousness feel even further, but I just kept coming back to the song’s original structure, back to how it flowed naturally. The colour really tilted for me once I started emphasising and manipulating some of the darker parts of the track. I think thats what I really connected with: the idea that we all have different facets, a few of which we might not be proud of but are, nevertheless inherent to ourselves.”
Earlier this year Bess featured as one of the artists selected by BBC 6Music’s Steve Lamacq to perform as part of Independent Venues Week (other artists selected included Yard Act, Wet Leg, Franz Ferdinand), as well as performing two live stripped back tracks and an interview on his show.
After completing an extensive UK headline tour from November through February in support of the record, and supported Midlake, Bears Den and Noah Gundersen on their recent tours, Bess has a busy run of festival dates later this summer:
See Bess Atwell at the following UK festivals:
23th July – Latitude
29th July – Cambridge Folk Fest
30th July – Deershed
3st July – Womad
19th August – Green Man
26th August – All Points East
2nd September – Moseley Folk
3rd September – Manchester Psych
Featuring the singles ‘Co-op‘, ‘All You Can Do‘, ‘Nobody‘, ‘Time Comes In Roses‘ and ‘Red Light Heaven Already, Always‘was released in September 2021. 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.
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.”