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Release Date Friday 13th June 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
‘Poems & Non-Fiction’ is the debut album by Newcastle’s Ruth Lyon - a powerful songwriter who weaves deeply evocative narratives and potent meditations, with an artistry that balances delicacy and strength. Forged by her experiences as a disabled woman and a life-long sense of otherness, she explores the beautiful mess of existence, challenges social norms and ignites a journey towards self-acceptance, empowerment and perhaps most importantly, hope.
Working with acclaimed producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding) and influenced by artists like Adrienne Lenker, Fiona Apple and Moondog, the songs are rich with poetic nuance and the unconventional insight of a young life lived to capacity. A mesmerising blend of analogue and angular indie-folk that gives as much attention to silence as sound, with understated yet muscular grooves. Musically the album is gently driven, with dreamy clarinets and melancholic strings sitting diffused like sea light on top of the mesmeric groove of piano, bass and drums.
Shimmering between the abstract, the archetypal and the naked truth, meaning lingers just beneath the surface, with Lyon daring listeners to both reach out and dig deep; to give emotion a solid, tangible shape. She says that “I surprised myself with the raw honesty in these songs and I hope these stories inspire healing and growth.”
TRACKLIST:
1. Artist
2. Wickerman
3. Books
4. Perfect
5. Hill
6. Confetti
7. Ceasar
8. November
9. Cover
10. Weather
11. Seasons
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