I was so honoured to be asked to duet with the Manic Street Preachers on ‘Little Baby Nothing’ at the Q Awards last week (where they received the Q Inspiration award).
As a lifelong Manics fan they've been been a huge inspiration to me and to play with the band again was really a dream come true.
Check out some fan shot footage of the song below: https://youtu.be/dQnYI7BtqdY
I am so honoured to be sharing the cover of this month's MOJO magazine with the one and only Kate Bush. 'Bury Me' is also featured on the cover mount CD, which includes a collection of music inspired by The Ninth Wave. Out in all good newsagents on November 22nd.
Thanks to Wales Online for naming ‘Popular’ as one of the greatest Welsh songs of 2015. Honoured to be included in such fine company X
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/51-greatest-welsh-songs-2015-10667322
Head over to Clash Magazine who are premiering the brand new track “Doesn’t Kill You” today. “The song is about taking the chaos you find yourself in and
channelling it into something more positive. “You have to suffer…” The
piano crash at the end was brought to you by a combination of red wine,
codeine, and being forced to play through the pain of (what I didn’t
know at the time was) a detached ligament in my hand when it had all
gone a bit Bobby Fischer…“
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/track-of-the-day-1812-the-anchoress
Head over to Q Magazine for the online premier of the new single “You and Only You feat. Paul Draper”.
You can now preorder the 5 track digital EP here - http://smarturl.it/Anchoress_YAOY
‘Popular’ is featured on Spotify’s official “fresh finds” playlist of this week’s 'brand new tastemaker gems’. Thanks Spotify!
Been a bit of a whirlwind few days since ‘Popular’ was unveiled as the first taster track of my forthcoming album. Thanks to everyone who has blogged about the song and shared it on Twitter. We made it to no. 2 in the hype machine chart of most popular tracks this week, just above The Kooks ; )
Here’s just some of the places that have covered the track so far…
- TheQuietus premiere
http://thequietus.com/articles/19011-listen-popular-by-the-anchoress
http://www.xsnoize.com/track-of-the-day-the-anchoress-popular/
- Digital Spy
http://www.xsnoize.com/track-of-the-day-the-anchoress-popular/
http://louderthanwar.com/listen-new-single-from-the-anchoress/
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2015/10/17/news-the-anchoress-announce-the-release-of-debut-album/
- Gigslutz
http://www.gigslutz.co.uk/the-anchoress-announces-debut-album-details-and-shares-lead-track-popular/
http://www.backseatmafia.com/2015/10/19/new-music-the-anchoress-popular-plus-album-news/
- Drunken Werewolf
http://www.drunkenwerewolf.com/blog/the-anchoress-announces-confessions-of-a-romance-novelist/
Did an interview with the Guardian about my multi-tasking life…
Magical few days in the studio with Bernard Butler. Album 2 may be ready before Album 1 at this rate…!
Les Inrocks
Great review of Long Year from the amazing Les Inrocks. How’s your French…? ; )
“Behind this barbaric sound sensual and group name trompe-l'oeil hides one Catherine Anne Davies. One imagines indeed Welsh savage, dark thoughts and nervous gestures, suspicious and tense like a young PJ Harvey when she greeted the press with a fork in her hand in the Dorset countryside. But the miracle here is the mixture of bitterness and luxuriance - rubber boots and satin shoes - which made the unprecedented magnitude of these songs as comfortable at CBGB’s as in Broadway theatres. Gothic and flamboyant then.”