27 May 2020

Up and coming UK artist Becky Lawrence has released her third single in five months in the shape of Empty Friendships, which was recorded  in lockdown. You can listen to the song here. Empty Friendships, the title coming from a writing session with fellow rising UK artist Charlotte Young, was co-written with her long time guitarist David Griffin, who also produced the track. Speaking about the song itself, which – as the name suggests – is about the friendships in life that are hollow, Lawrence believes that it is a track that most people can find common ground with as identifying those who really matter in your life is a very important thing to do. “It’s a song that I think most people can relate to,” Lawrence said. “As you go through life, you start to realise who those true friends are and the ones that, unfortunately, you have to say goodbye to.” Becky Lawrence, who hails from the Isle of Man originally but is now London based, has been busy releasing singles recently and Empty Friendships comes hot on the heels of Wasted On You (February 2020) and Now (December 2019). The lockdown has clearly not hampered Lawrence’s creativity, with the artist continuing to work with other UK acts such as the aforementioned Young in addition to Louise Parker, as she continues to work on her next project.

Jaime Wyatt will be releasing her much anticipated ‘Neon Cross’ project in the UK on August 21, which is her debut release on New West Records. You can pre order/pre save the album here. The album, which is released in America on Friday (May 29), is her follow-up to debut album ‘Felony Blues’ and saw the artist work with Shooter Jennings, who produced the record in its entirety and features on Hurt So Bad. Speaking about working with Jennings, Wyatt said that the way Jennings understands music and the feel for what is beneath the song drew him to her, while also noticing strong similarities between Jennings and his father Waylon. “What really sold me on Shooter is that he understands grooves — he gets how to instruct a band to build a groove that is so powerful underneath a song,” Wyatt said. “And it’s crazy because that’s what Waylon [Jennings, Shooter’s father] did. “He always had these rad country songs with these super-weird, funky rock ‘n’ roll grooves under them. He would take things to interesting and unexpected places. Shooter has that same instinct.” The track listing for ‘Neon Cross’ by Jaime Wyatt is: 1. Sweet Mess 2. Neon Cross 3. L I V I N 4. Make Something Outta Me 5. By Your Side 6. Just A Woman (ft. Jessi Colter) 7. Goodbye Queen 8. Mercy 9. Rattlesnake Girl 10. Hurt So Bad (ft. Shooter Jennings) 11. Demon Tied to a Chair in my Brain