It Was Also Sometimes Daylight
My debut album It Was Also Sometimes Daylight will be released on October 10th, 2025. It was recorded partly in London with the help of David Gray and partly in a converted barn in rural Finland (Lammaskallion Audio). Informed by my Orkney childhood and passion for nature, it’s shaped as much by acoustic folk and contemporary influences as by the rhythms and textures of the natural world.
The album follows on from my multi-artist project Simmerdim: Curlew Sounds, released in partnership with the RSPB in 2022 and inspired by my memories of curlews - one of the UK’s most threatened birds - calling out in the simmerdim (the night-long twilight found in the Northern Isles around midsummer).
It Was Also Sometimes Daylight features contributions from some wonderful artists including Owen Spafford (fiddle), Francesca Ter-Berg (cello), Nathan Riki Thomson (double bass), and a cast of non-human collaborators: curlews, frogs, toads, geese, and more.