The Quickening

One Little Indian is pleased to announce that Kathryn Williams' The Quickening. This eighth album from the Liverpudlian folk-rock singer songwriter follows 2006's Leave to Remain and her 2008 release with Neill MacColl, Two, and is her first for powerhouse indie One Little Indian. The new record was recorded live at Bryn Derwen Studio in North Wales in just four days, with a self-imposed limit of three takes per song; and without her band members hearing the songs beforehand, it has an almost shocking immediacy. Co-produced with David Wrench, the album introduces samples into Kathryn s acoustic folk and contains some of her sharpest songwriting to date. 'It has a mood,' she says, 'a slightly sinister palette with lyrics that are raw. I see myself in the songs a lot, whereas before I invented characters.' Kathryn Williams has often been favorably compared to Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, and Beth Orton.