New music to listen to this week: Annabel Allum
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UK singer Annabel Allum has been around for a couple of years, releasing music since 2016 via Killing Moon records, but it's this year that she's really coming into her own.
Following the release of her single "Beat The Birds" - a new favourite of Huw Stephens over on BBC Radio 1, she's dropped a brand new track called "Rascal" which you can hear first via The Independent.
Allum says of the track: "Rascael pinpoints a phase in time when it felt like no matter what I was doing, it wouldn't be alright. Trying to look after myself, the people close to me, the people around me, and never finding a balance in any of it.
"I would either give too much or nothing at all. I still do that. It's quite a sad song. Self-scrutiny, really. I guess I'm just still learning that it's OK to not be able to please everyone all the time."
Check it out below:
Allum's got a bit of a Kurt Cobain/early PJ Harvey thing going on which we love, with that scuzzy guitar and her brilliant voice - which goes from slightly aloof on "Beat the Birds" to a keening cry on "Rascal" - both are deeply affecting in their own way; both showcase a strong talent for songwriting.
"Rascal" is the second track from her upcoming new EP - she's also performing at The Great Escape festival in May.
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