So Jessica, this is the second album from you that we have been long awaiting, how do the tracks from this album differ from your older material? Talk us through the songwriting and recording process and what makes this album different?
Well, my first album I spent years creating this sound and specific type of track that I wanted the album to be typical of, but with this album I had a lot less time to create such depth to all the sounds I was working with and I wanted to make something different, but still recognisable. So this one is really stripped back, I wanted to focus a lot more on the lyrics and the voice as opposed to the sound and instruments. For the old album, we would use lyrics that I had written years and years ago and try and turn them into a successful track by adding a wide variety of different beats or instruments on top of them, but with this album I spent nearly all the time just working on the lyrics and using my voice as the main instrument and trying to experiment really with what it was capable of.
You mentioned quite a lot there about your lyrics, is this album quite focused on personal sentiments? Will we be able to notice any general themes?
Yeah I think this album particually is very much focused around my own personal experiences and emotions that I have felt. There are quite a few re-occuring themes in the album and the main one being centered around a break up I went through not too long ago so yeah, I would definitely say there are some re-occuring themes in this album.
You’re on a collobaration record deal partnership with Moshi Moshi records and Island Records, who have signed the likes of Florence and The Machine, U2 Amy Winehouse and Drake. Does this add any pressure to you or do you think it motivates you?
Yes I am, and it definitely does add pressure! Whenever I was writing a track or recording it in the studio from this album I was constantly thinking to myself what if people don’t get it but you can’t think like that or you’ll never succeed, in this industry you have to take chances and just hope that you have people that will always support you in what you make and what you do.
So the first album off the track is called Revolution which was released a month back. Talk us through this particular track and the lyrics behind it?
I was thinking to myself about my generation and it’s pretty much just me asking you kow, what’s happening? There’s a whole load of madness that goes on today just as much as there was back in the sixties and seventies, but for some reason back then people felt they had a voice and that they could fight for what they believe is right, whereas what we do, is well we don’t really do much so it’s just me saying we have a voice, so let’s speak.
It’s been an absolute pleasure talking to you and we can’t wait to see you in action soon, when will you next be touring?
I will be touring early june, after the release of the album and I will be doing all over the UK hopefully and then over to Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam which are places that I love playing so I am really, really excited about that.
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