Sometimes you just need to get away.
When Jodie Marie found the going was getting a little tough, she retreated. Removing herself to her native Wales, the songwriter then skipped town to a cottage in France.
New album 'Trouble In Mind' is the result. Out on July 24th, Clash is able to deliver a quick preview. 'Only One I'm Thinking Of' is a introverted piece of writing, lyrically withdrawn and quietly fragile.
The music, though, is a sublime soul mixture, a horn-laden, Stax influenced stomper. Check it out now.