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Both she and Jim had time on their fingers as Polly defined lately, “When lockdown got here in, we determined to do some digital writing classes, the new-found time that we each had on our fingers. We would get collectively on a video name at noon and simply hold the session operating till we had a music. Glenn Kerrigan, my long-time collaborator, was available to assist us conjure up a sound from the outer fringe of the universe.”
‘Looking For A God’, is the shut out monitor from Polly’s new 4 monitor EP, ‘In The Absence Of Light’ and follows on from final month’s single ‘Saturn 9’ and the lead, title monitor launched again in June. Whilst ‘Saturn 9’ was extra upbeat and poppy Polly’s newest monitor is a extra acquainted sound that follows neatly within the footsteps of Polly’s personal reinterpretations on final 12 months’s chic ‘Attic Sessions EP’.
‘Looking For God’ deftly places Polly’s vocal up entrance and uncovered while the undulating and evocative soundtrack carries the music ahead with a hypnotic serenity. Scattergood’s delicate and fragile voice all the time appears so near breaking level however that is the place the sweetness lies; inside the class inherent within the close to diaphanous sound that she creates.
Polly Scattergood summed up the EP when she stated, “Whilst locked down; we appeared up. Dreaming of faraway landscapes and areas within the distance. We researched planets and photo voltaic programs and located inspiration in a dreamlike journey. A shimmering darkness twisting round mythology and science however shrouded in an unlimited unknown. These journeys have been then mirrored upon from our extra grounded area, mid-pandemic, trapped between 4 partitions. All writing classes by way of video hyperlink. Time delays and interference all added to the power inside this mission.”
On the day of it is launch Polly tweeted, “Huge due to all of you who’ve listened, streamed & pre-ordered my new EP…’In The Absence Of Light’ – have an important weekend. Polly x.”
