After the release of critically acclaimed album A Small Unknowable Thing last year (which earned four-star reviews from the likes of The Financial Times and MOJO), Clarke set about her next project I Promised You Light.

The EP feels deeply personal, with Clarke stripping back her sound and putting her vocals — which BBC6 Music DJ Cerys Matthews described as one that can “trickle back over centuries” — at the forefront of her music.

The delicately optimistic songs see Clarke’s songwriting at its most uplifting.

“I feel like this EP is a little experiment, a thing that stands on its own. It’s not going to be a case of me never writing a melancholic song again because obviously I will, but maybe I’ll try to balance the message more, because now I can write from a position where I can see both the light and the dark — I can see them both in an equal, more balanced measure. This EP is really the documentation of that realisation.”

Credits
Written, composed, arranged and produced by Josienne Clarke
Recorded by Mike Hillier @ Hackney Road Studios
Mixed and mastered by Mike Hillier @ Metropolis

Musicians
Vocals & Guitar: Josienne Clarke
Drums: Dave Hamblett
Bass: Alec Bowman_Clarke
Keyboards: Matt Robinson

Artwork
Cover Photography: Alec Bowman_Clarke
Design Assistance & Layout: Aaron Miller

Copyright
© Corduroy Punk Records 2021
Published by SGO Music 2021