NELL SMITH - Anxious - CD [APR 11]

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Posthumous record releases are always charged with emotion but when the release comes from a 17 year-old artist that was just getting started it is heartbreaking.

Anxious is a mesmerizing selection of songs that explore the highs, lows and
uncertainty of teenage life through the eyes of Nell and is the follow-up to Where The
Viaduct Looms, her debut collaboration with The Flaming Lips that explored the works of Nick Cave.

Guided by the talented Jack and Lily Wolter of Penelope Isles, who helped shape Nell's songs, some of which had been in the works since she was twelve years old, the result is an album brimming with emotion, playful melodies and a depth that hints at what Nell's future may have held. Nell's record includes three songs which were
written in partnership with Canadian folk band Shred Kelly with whom she spent
winter evenings writing in her hometown of Fernie, British Columbia, huddled round
the fire in 2022. Jack and Lily Wolter subsequently completed these songs and the
rest of the works in Brighton in 2023.

Nell's first and only studio recording session at Bella Union's studio in Brighton at the
tender age of 15 was an intense mix of long days with Jack and Lily expertly teasing
out what was really going on in Smith's mind with the help of Doritos, Fizzy sweets,
Coca Cola and inspiration gained by sneaking her into venues to see local bands play.
A lot of Nell's creative drive was rooted in raw teenage emotions; apprehension; love;
travel; gratefulness; ambition; and grief. These moods are visited throughout the
tracks on the album with an instrumental approach that brings joy into even the
darkest of songs.

Tracklist: 

1. Anxious
2. Daisy Fields
3. Bubba
4. The Worst Best Drug
5. Service Song 
6. Boy In A Bubble
7. Splash
8. I Know Nothing
9. Billions of People
10. Split In The Sky