Josienne Clarke has today shared ‘Slender, Sad & Sentimental’ and its striking video, from her forthcoming debut solo album ‘In All Weather’ which is released on Rough Trade Records on November 8th.
Talking about the thinking behind the song, Josienne explains, “The songs I write generally seem to be both simultaneously too simple and too complicated to ever translate to a broad audience. A quintessential radio single contains a catchy upbeat repeated chorus that my songs don’t tend to have. So, I approached this song with the weight of my own maudlin inaccessibility in mind. I was writing about writing a catchy single in the style of a catchy single. I’ve possibly hit peak self-reference!”
The album ‘In All Weather’ is a new collection of songs by writer, singer and musician Josienne Clarke, it’s a record with which she goes it alone; both musically, as this is her first solo record, and in her own life, laid bare and played out in the leave-it-all-behind-and-start-anew nature of the lyrics.
“Learning to sail in all weather, the line from which the album title comes, is what we are all trying to do,” Josienne explains. “To right ourselves when things feel turbulent and uncertain. How to correct your course and stay true to the things you believe and need and let all the rest go.”
‘In All Weather’ is released via Rough Trade Records On Nov 8th
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Photo Credit: Cat Stevens