My incredibly talented bunch of friends.

Oh dear GOD I have incredibly talented friends. I knew that they were ace, which is why I am friends with them but I didn’t fully appreciate how much they have done for Royce Wood Junior and I.

Thank you Marie-Claire Denyer, Martyn Thomas, Jo-Ann Doherty, Julie Elgar, Lawrence Pearce, Sarah Chandler, Debs Chandler, Nava Kazemi, Martin Jj Gallagher, Kate Mayger and Papa John for all helping to making something I am incredibly proud of.

Here it is! The LIVE performance of WET.

Stac xx

Second Lens EP

Hello.
How was your festive period? Mine was lovely. I made dinner myself! Definitely my biggest culinary achievement to date. Next year I hope to get the duck right as well as the turkey and beef. Its ok, there were 8 of us.

But this is not why I popped in for a chat. I popped in for a chat because something exciting is happening. Do you remember me telling you about the project I was working on with Royce Wood Junior? Well its coming out! Second Lens is finally coming out on the 30th January on Shades of Grey Records and we are both incredibly excited about it!

Royce Wood Junior and I have spent the last couple of months organising a Royce Wood Junior live session for Mary Anne Hobbs‘ show on XFM. We recorded it a couple of weeks ago and one track a day is going to be broadcast from the 30th January, including one of the tracks from our Second Lens EP, a track featuring the OneTaste Choir, a special guest appearance from someone whose name rhymes with balloon (sort of) and the man RWJ himself singing incredibly beautifully! There’s more stuff to tell you but I will do that nearer the time.

Until then, here is a video for our song Outlines

See you soon!
Stac x

Harp

Hello!
How’s your winter going so far? It doesn’t really feel like winter does it? Not in England anyway. I went to New York a couple of weeks ago for my friends 30th birthday, we were lucky enough to experience 3 out of the 4 seasons while we were out there. It was glorious when we arrived on the monday…

and we woke up to snow on the saturday…

Global Warming ay. It was lovely to walk around Central Park in the snow but the fallen trees were a massive reminder that we are screwing ourselves up. So many trees fell because they still had their leaves. Its pretty sad. It was only October!

So, in order to bum you out further, I have decided to play you a new tune I wrote a couple of months ago. I recorded it at Jamie Woon’s and Royce Wood Junior’s studio. Well, actually, I recorded the harp in my bedroom at my folks house holding the microphone with my knees so Roycey, who produced it, had a lot of work to do. I think he did a smashing job. He also made this video for it. What a dude.

So thats it for now. Until next time!
Stac xx

Turn That Light Out Rmx Vol.2

Uhuh! Its out and its making me very happy. Very happy indeed!

I am so excited to have so many amazing producer lend their remixing skilz to my songs and I think that each and every one of them is amazing. Hint, Blue Daisy, Ashley Beedle, KidKanevil, Alex Patchwork, Yult, Scrimshire, LenAfrosaxon, Los Vampiros Lesbos, King Knut, Pause, Asthmatic Astronaut, Herma Puma, Ambassadeurs and Quirx! Look at that list!

You can get it here, digital only. http://stac.bandcamp.com/album/turn-that-light-out-the-remixes-vol-two and I can honestly say that there are some absolute belters on it! Very excited about it indeed. I’d also like to take this oportunity to say thank you to a) all the producers that worked on it. Im incredibly proud to have your names next to mine and also a little bit giddy. b) You. Thank you for all your support from the bottom of my nearly explosive heart.

Also wanted to give my dear friend a mention. You may have heard of him. Jamie Woon. He’s number 5 in the charts with his album Mirrorwriting and there is a reason for that. Its blinding! I love it and Im not just saying that. One of my greatest friends of all time Royce Wood Junior wrote the strings in Middle and did a lot of production and programming work on the album and I am so proud of them both. I love those boys like brothers and I am so happy they are “doing it!”

Someone else thats doing it is an amazing singer songwriter called Michael Kiwanuka. Check it out. Its beautiful.

Im off to the park!
Enjoy the sun.

Stac x