Alice Costelloe is set to return with new EP later this year.
The songwriter has played a part in our daily soundtrack for over a decade, first as a key part of Big Deal, and then onwards through her solo endeavours, and collaborations.
Signing with Moshi Moshi, Alice Costelloe’s new EP sounds fascinating. It’s produced by Mike Lindsay – known for his work with Laura Marling, Jon Hopkins, and others – with sessions taking place at his Margate studio, MESS.
Out shortly, work with Mike Lindsay seemingly broadened Alice Costelloe’s horizons, and helped her re-analyse her approach to songwriting.
New song ‘When It’s The Time’ is out now – the song touches on the demise of a relationship, before taking these themes into broader climes. It’s held together by Alice Costelloe’s conviction, the intriguing arrangement, and the her assured lyrical touch.
The songwriter comments…
I live right by an intense religious organisation,I don’t want to say which one in case they damn me to hell even more, but they often knock on the door with leaflets about saving your soul because the end times are coming. I had started writing ‘When It’s The Time’ about moving on from a romantic relationship but the preachers that kept knocking at the door took the song in a different direction as I started to think about the end of things in general, beyond relationships, to the end of life, the end of the world, and this became a sort of theme of the EP.
When I brought this track into the studio I’d been playing it live with my band for a while, so in my mind it was just going to be a pretty straight forward classic sounding type of song with bass, guitar and drums. But thanks to the magic of Mike and his many machines it started going in a way more interesting and electronic direction. I really loved how it combined the classic 60s feeling I’d started with, with the experimentation of all the different synthesisers in his studio and it kind of became the benchmark of what we wanted the EP to be. This track was also the first time I’d ever got to play a real organ which was pretty exciting for me!
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Mattie Vant
