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EP · 03 Jun 2022
Signal Fires
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
- TypeEP
- Year2022
- LabelLowwater Records
EP · 03 Jun 2022
Signal Fires
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
- TypeEP
- Year2022
- LabelLowwater Records
EP · 03 Jun 2022
Signal Fires
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
- TypeEP
- Year2022
- LabelLowwater Records
Light a fire on the headland
let them see it from the sea
we have been waiting at the edge of the map
for someone to come back for me
The weather turns and turns again
the road is just a rumour now
so light the hill and light it high
they'll find us anyhow
- Type
- EP
- Released
- 03 Jun 2022
- Label
- Lowwater Records
- Tracks
- 05
- Length
- 21:28
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
Tracklist
Liner notes
The van died on a single-track road on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, two days before a run of island shows. The part would take a week. We rented the nearest cottage, unpacked the gear into the living room and decided to write instead of waiting.
Five songs in six days. Jude recorded everything on a laptop and two microphones, with the wind doing its best to ruin every take. We left a lot of it in. The crackle at the start of Headland is the fire in the grate.
Light the Hill
The closing song started as a joke about lighting a beacon so the mechanic could find us. By the end of the week it had turned into the most serious thing we had written, and it is still the last song of the night when we play a long set.
The EP sold out at the merch table that winter.
CreditsWho made it
- Produced by
- Night Ferry
- Recorded by
- Jude Mensah in a holiday cottage, Ardnamurchan
- Mixed by
- Tam Ritchie
- Mastered by
- Priya Nair
- Vocals, guitar
- Ezra Vale
- Bass
- Ama Osei
- Drums
- Callum Reid
- Keys, field recordings
- Jude Mensah
What they said
“Every chord Jude Mensah chooses sounds like a light coming on.”
Sound & Harbour · Una McRaeRead the review ↗
Next releaseLP · 2021NorthboundThe first album, recorded in a church hall with two microphones and a borrowed piano.Light a fire on the headland
let them see it from the sea
we have been waiting at the edge of the map
for someone to come back for me
The weather turns and turns again
the road is just a rumour now
so light the hill and light it high
they'll find us anyhow
- Type
- EP
- Released
- 03 Jun 2022
- Label
- Lowwater Records
- Tracks
- 05
- Length
- 21:28
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
Tracklist
Liner notes
The van died on a single-track road on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, two days before a run of island shows. The part would take a week. We rented the nearest cottage, unpacked the gear into the living room and decided to write instead of waiting.
Five songs in six days. Jude recorded everything on a laptop and two microphones, with the wind doing its best to ruin every take. We left a lot of it in. The crackle at the start of Headland is the fire in the grate.
Light the Hill
The closing song started as a joke about lighting a beacon so the mechanic could find us. By the end of the week it had turned into the most serious thing we had written, and it is still the last song of the night when we play a long set.
The EP sold out at the merch table that winter.
CreditsWho made it
- Produced by
- Night Ferry
- Recorded by
- Jude Mensah in a holiday cottage, Ardnamurchan
- Mixed by
- Tam Ritchie
- Mastered by
- Priya Nair
- Vocals, guitar
- Ezra Vale
- Bass
- Ama Osei
- Drums
- Callum Reid
- Keys, field recordings
- Jude Mensah
What they said
“Every chord Jude Mensah chooses sounds like a light coming on.”
Sound & Harbour · Una McRaeRead the review ↗
Next releaseLP · 2021NorthboundThe first album, recorded in a church hall with two microphones and a borrowed piano.Light a fire on the headland
let them see it from the sea
we have been waiting at the edge of the map
for someone to come back for me
The weather turns and turns again
the road is just a rumour now
so light the hill and light it high
they'll find us anyhow
- Type
- EP
- Released
- 03 Jun 2022
- Label
- Lowwater Records
- Tracks
- 05
- Length
- 21:28
Five songs written on the west coast in the week the van broke down.
Tracklist
Liner notes
The van died on a single-track road on the Ardnamurchan peninsula, two days before a run of island shows. The part would take a week. We rented the nearest cottage, unpacked the gear into the living room and decided to write instead of waiting.
Five songs in six days. Jude recorded everything on a laptop and two microphones, with the wind doing its best to ruin every take. We left a lot of it in. The crackle at the start of Headland is the fire in the grate.
Light the Hill
The closing song started as a joke about lighting a beacon so the mechanic could find us. By the end of the week it had turned into the most serious thing we had written, and it is still the last song of the night when we play a long set.
The EP sold out at the merch table that winter.
CreditsWho made it
- Produced by
- Night Ferry
- Recorded by
- Jude Mensah in a holiday cottage, Ardnamurchan
- Mixed by
- Tam Ritchie
- Mastered by
- Priya Nair
- Vocals, guitar
- Ezra Vale
- Bass
- Ama Osei
- Drums
- Callum Reid
- Keys, field recordings
- Jude Mensah
What they said
“Every chord Jude Mensah chooses sounds like a light coming on.”
Sound & Harbour · Una McRaeRead the review ↗
Next releaseLP · 2021NorthboundThe first album, recorded in a church hall with two microphones and a borrowed piano.