Back To Scratch

I'm too excited that Charlotte Church is back with a brand new album, showcasing a new sound! Many look on in disdain over her one-hundred and eighty degree shift from 'The Voice of an Angel' to a feisty pop singer in 2005. Unfortunately, her first pop record, Tissues and Issues, didn't make as great of a transition in the US as it did in the UK, but I find myself still bopping to her songs! I have quite a nostalgic thought of that album, because the songs' Crazy Chick, Moodswings and the more provocative, Call My Name, were played incessantly as I made the very serious decision that I would live in London someday! It seems very 'ironic' that the year I've packed up and moved to Wales, Charlotte decided to come out with a brand new album!



I'm trying to fill my diary with different events and goings on in my new hub; I will highlight October 25th, as the day I will march down a great leviathan of a hill, to the HMV (which has been demolished in the US) to pick up her new Album. Mind you, I haven't actually purchased a whole album in almost ten years, but when you feel like an album will be special, one can't help but jump out on a whim and grab it. I think this bit of newness will have a more mature sound, and most likely speak to the emotional happenings arising in her life right now. After hearing a snippet of a new track called Snow, I know that this one will be one of my favorites. I love its mellow acoustic sound. Back to Scratch, the new song out, also has a nice mellow sound. It seems very playful, with very kind of charmy/chimey bits in there!

I'm also in love with the promotional photography! Its so whimsical. Classic beauty meets eccentric settings, and vintage records. 

Here is a behind the scenes look at Charlotte recording her new song, Snow, and also discussing the album:


Sources:  We Are the Pop Slags | Charlotte Church | Daily Mail |