3 years ago I knew I’d made a promise I couldn’t keep. After two albums, I was sure I had nothing to say. I felt like Sing To The Moon was just a happy accident anyway so I looked for teaching posts in Hackney. I began to accept I was ‘too old to be pop’ and ‘no longer relevant enough to breakthrough’ - I couldn’t be bothered publicly 'failing again’. I sought comfort in the arms of deeply patient friends and family. I practiced feeling that feeling - the need to be safe, the need to escape. I fuelled up on my favourite music of the past and spent days, weeks, months hovered over my hardly-a-home-studio (a laptop, midi keyboard and usb mic). And then, sat in my smelly pjs, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, a new chapter was born’ - ‘Safe Passage’ was here.
Laura Mvula
3 years ago I knew I’d made a promise I couldn’t keep. After two albums, I was sure I had nothing to say. I felt like Sing To The Moon was just a happy accident anyway so I looked for teaching posts in Hackney. I began to accept I was ‘too old to be pop’ and ‘no longer relevant enough to breakthrough’ - I couldn’t be bothered publicly 'failing again’. I sought comfort in the arms of deeply patient friends and family. I practiced feeling that feeling - the need to be safe, the need to escape. I fuelled up on my favourite music of the past and spent days, weeks, months hovered over my hardly-a-home-studio (a laptop, midi keyboard and usb mic). And then, sat in my smelly pjs, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, a new chapter was born’ - ‘Safe Passage’ was here.
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