Don't Let The Ink Dry

The debut album from British singer/songwriter Eve Owen, Don't Let the Ink Dry, is a work of raw sensitivity and uncontained imagination, brought to life over the course of three transformative years. During that time, the 20-year-old artist spent her summer holidays writing and recording in New York with The National'sAaron Dessner, immersing herself in a creative exploration that provided welcome refuge from her sometimes-troubled school life. As she discovered an entirely new sense of freedom and belonging, Owen devised a sonic language all her own: frenetic yet delicate, mercurial yet nuanced enough to capture the most ephemeral of feelings. Produced by Dessner at Long Pond Studio (a converted old farmhouse deep in the Hudson Valley), Don't Let the Ink Dry finds Owen embracing her affinity for folk music while pursuing the endless possibilities in electronic experimentation.'I've often felt a bit uncomfortable in myself, and I love how that came out in the music,' says Owen. 'I don't really care for songs that flow just right or have a perfect cadence - I'd rather there be some sort of unnerving element to them. I think Aaron and I are both attracted to weirdness in music, and we instinctively wentafter that without really even talking about it.' For his part, Dessner reflects on the first day of their collaboration: 'Eve came up to visit the studio for a day a few years ago when she was 16. I thought we would record one song but we ended up working on several in just

Tracks

1~1~Tudor
1~2~Lover Not Today
1~3~Mother
1~4~After The Love
1~5~For Redemption
1~6~Bluebird
1~7~She Says
1~8~I Used To Dream In Color
1~9~So Still For You
1~10~Blue Moon
1~11~Daisy Sweetheart
1~12~A Lone Swan

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Owen, Eve
Release Date: 22 May 2020
Genre: Special Interest / Miscellaneous
Label: 37d03d
Distributor: Rocket Group