20-Year-Old Clara Mann has dropped her latest single 'Thread'. With so many elements to Clara, we get a fresh and youthful sound. Her sound is so delicate and intricate it feels as if she can open up to us and give a place of peace.
Raised in France but now living in Bristol, Clara grew up with appreciation for different kinds of music, leading to her taking influence from local songwriters. 'Thread' comes as a poetic sonic, filled with dainty rhythms and Clara's airy vocals. She tells a tale on what it's like when people's spirit really makes an impact on an individual, not releasing how important they are until they are gone.
“I wrote this the night I got home after spending three months living with my boyfriend in a one room cabin on Dartmoor. The cabin was at the edge of a farm owned by a wonderful woman called Maggie, who was in her 90s- over the three months, she became incredibly important to me. She had immense spirit, an absolutely wicked sense of humour, and was an incredibly powerful presence on the farm. We’d spend hours with her in the kitchen in the evenings, cooking for her and laughing- I loved her so much."
“That night, when I got home, I got a call saying Maggie had gone into hospital, and that she might be dying. I didn’t know what to do, all I could do was try and hold onto her in my heart. I suddenly wrote Thread, and recorded it on my phone. It’s dedicated to her, but it’s about the whole of that autumn, and the grief and magic of that strange time. Maggie survived that night, and lived another year, before leaving us about a month ago. Traces of her light remain, and she touched me and many others deeply- I hope we meet again someday.”
Alongside 'Thread' we also get a music video. A very vintage and physical poem, featuring puppets and clever sets, we propel straight into an old world. A weirdly reminiscence music video, suiting the lyrics continuously.
(Supporting Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen)
May 7th - Hamburg, Kulturkirche Altona*
May 8th - Berlin, PassionKirche*
May 10th - Munich, Freiheitshalle*
May 11th - Zurich, Bogen F*
May 12th - Turin, Circolo della Musica*
May 14th - Paris, La Cafe de la Danse*
May 16th - Cologne, Kulturkirche Koln*
May 17th - Gent, Handelsbeurs*
May 19th - Leeds, Left Bank*
May 20th - London, Union Chapel*
May 23rd - Pepper Cannister, Dublin*
May 25th - St Luke’s, Glasgow*
June 2nd - How The Light Gets In Festival, Hay-on-Wye
June 11th - Off The Grid Festival, Bristol
July 29th - Farmfest, Bruton
July 31st - Deershed, Topcliffe
6th May 2022
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