Keeley Forsyth shares new single ‘The Hollow’
KEELEY FORSYTH SHARES VIDEO FOR NEW SINGLE ‘THE HOLLOW’
TITLE-TRACK FROM NEW ALBUM OUT 10 MAY VIA 130701 / FATCAT RECORDS
BRINGS BRAND NEW AV SHOW TO LONDON’S ICA ON 23 MAY
“What a bloody phenomenal album, in a space all of its own”
The Quietus
“Forsyth paints her world’s rugged beauty in tones that could stop listeners dead”
4/5 Mojo
“Transfixing”
8/10 Uncut
“Forsyth has shown herself to be one of the UK’s most consistently interesting and creatively absorbing performers”
The Line of Best Fit
Watch the video for ‘The Hollow’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9H8D_6vRbc
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Keeley Forsyth has today shared the video for new single ‘The Hollow’, the title track from her new album which will be released via FatCat‘s 130701 imprint this Friday 10 May. The track follows previous singles ‘Horse‘ and ‘Turning (feat. Colin Stetson)‘ .
Speaking of ‘The Hollow’, Keeley says:
“The title-track was made in reaction to reading an article about a woman suffering from postpartum psychosis, and a really tragic end. I felt so connected and moved by this. I wanted to force myself into the same space that she might have felt, or I imagined that she felt, so I could at least feel that she wasn’t alone. So in the song there is reference to “there is no help here, not for me” and also the highs and the lows of the strings referencing the resonance in one’s mind as you’re losing control to this horrendous mental illness disease.”
Although having made music privately for most of her life it was only eventually in 2020 that Forsyth felt ready to find an audience with the release of her debut collection Debris. Since then, Forsyth has toured extensively and recent shows at Rewire Festival and Bristol New Music find her show developing more still with The Line of Best Fit remarking at Rewire that, “Forsyth has shown herself to be one of the UK’s most consistently interesting and creatively absorbing performers”. On 23 May Forsyth will bring her brand new AV show to London‘s ICA, the show features Ross Downes, Matthew Bourne and visuals from acclaimed opera/theatre director and video artist Netia Jones. Tickets are available below.
Elsewhere, Keeley has been awarded the PRS new music commission for her performance piece Bog Body and has scored Maxine Peake’s directorial debut short film, Incompatible. She has become a sought-after collaborator, currently working towards projects with the Iceland-based electronic music producer Ben Frost, and the Italian composer Teho Teardo and is currently finishing a suite of songs for voice and piano with Matthew Bourne. Of late she has taken on guest vocal duties for Louis Carnell among others, as well as remixes for Gazelle Twin and French electronic musician Quin Quis. Forsyth has also returned to acting in the past year with parts in Jessica Hausner’s Club Zero and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things.
Photo credit: Ross Downes & Keeley Forsyth
High-res images can be found here
Pre-order The Hollow, including a 350 limited Dinked edition, here:
https://ffm.bio/keeleyforsyth
The Hollow tracklist:
1. Answer
2. The Hollow
3. Come And See
4. Eve
5. Turning (feat. Colin Stetson)
6. A Shift
7. Slush
8. Drag Me Down
9. Do I Breathe
10. In The Corner
11. Horse
12. Creature (feat. Matthew Bourne)
Live dates:
23 May – London @ Institute of Contemporary Arts – TICKETS
30 Aug – Berlin, DE @ Pop Kultur
08 Jun – Warsaw, PL @ Ephemera Festival
Tickets are available here:
http://www.keeleyforsyth.com/
Praise for The Hollow:
“What a bloody phenomenal album, in a space all of its own”
The Quietus
“Forsyth paints her world’s rugged beauty in tones that could stop listeners dead”
4/5 Mojo
“Transfixing”
8/10 Uncut
“Forsyth has shown herself to be one of the UK’s most consistently interesting and creatively absorbing performers”
The Line of Best Fit
“A bracing listen, with strings, multiple voices and a church organ creating an atmosphere of dark foreboding”
The Sunday Times ‘Hottest Tracks’
“Her hair raising musical storytelling even more captivating and unsettling than ever before”
Beats Per Minute
“Able to frame a narrative with just a few words, Keeley Forsyth’s brooding vocal pivots between beauty and a fractured sense of menace”
Clash
“A magnificently bleak and oppressive piece”
The New Cue