Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Josienne Clarke is set to release her new album, Far From Nowhere, on 17 October via her own Corduroy Punk label. Taken from the album, she has shared her latest single and video, ‘What Do I Do?’.
The notes for the video, created by Alec Bowman_Clarke, provide the following insight into its making:
In this intimate visual study, Bowman_Clarke turns the camera inward – not to himself, but to the fragile theatre of identity inhabited by musician Josienne Clarke. What begins as an act of performance evolves into an unravelling. A face, painted not to conceal but to reveal; a mask applied to make honesty bearable.
Guided only by the lyric’s internal compass, the filmmaker resists narrative in favour of exposure, time collapsing as emotional tension builds. The video becomes a durational portrait of the space between control and surrender, artifice and authenticity, the self and the role required of it.
In documenting the choreography of self-fashioning – both the construction and demolition of the public-facing character & artist – Bowman_Clarke invites us to witness a quietly radical act: the attempt to be seen in full, and to survive the seeing.
It is a work at once fragile and defiant, haunted by the question: who are we, when no one is watching, and who must we become, when they are.
Following the haunting ‘Tiny Bird’s Lament’, the new track channels a twitchy, conflicted restlessness. Propelled by a chugging chord progression and a puttering drum machine, ‘What Do I Do?’ explores the paralysis of infinite possibility. The lyrics are beautifully open-ended, touching on creativity, motherhood, and relationships, trusting the listener to find their own meaning within the ambiguity.
Recorded in a remote Scottish cabin, Far From Nowhere promises to be a work of remarkable intimacy. Clarke, long admired for her crystalline voice and unflinching lyrical gaze, strips away the barriers, creating a profoundly connective experience from a place of total isolation. This raw, analogue-recorded album is both a natural artistic step and a defiant response to the emotional and logistical tolls of navigating the music industry in 2025. “Retreating to a cabin in the woods to make my album made sense,” Clarke explains.
The album’s creation is documented in a short film, Deluded, directed by Alec Bowman_Clarke. Currently on the festival circuit, the film will be screened during Clarke’s UK tour this October before a general release on 30 November.
This is Clarke at her most raw and elegant, spinning vulnerability into a complete and compelling artistic statement.
Pre-Save Far from Nowhere: https://ffm.to/farfromnowhere
Josienne Clarke Tour Dates
18/10/2025 London, Bush Hall
19/10/2025 Worcester, Huntingdon Hall
25/10/2025 Ardgour, Fort William
14/11/2025 Liverpool, Philharmonic Room
27/11/2025 Skipton, Skipton Town Hall
28/11/2025 Newcastle, Alphabetti Theatre
Ticket Links: https://josienneclarke.com/live/