Letters I Haven't Written
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| Released | 12 October 2018 (UK) | |||
| Studio | Rockfield Studios, Monmouth | |||
| Genre | Singer-songwriter | |||
| Length | 52 minutes[1] | |||
| Label | Monkeywood (MONKEYWOOD-03) | |||
| Producer | Gwyneth Herbert | |||
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Letters I Haven't Written, the seventh album by British singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert,[2] was released on 12 October 2018.[3] It was produced at Rockfield Studios, Monmouth and, like Herbert's previous album The Sea Cabinet, was crowdfunded.[4] The songs on the album, all written by Herbert, have been described as "exquisitely crafted".[5] On the subjects of "love, gratitude and protest",[6] they are about the lost art of letterwriting.[2][7] Reviewing the album for Jazzwise magazine, Peter Quinn said that "Letters I Haven't Written is by turns moving, thrilling and entrancing".[7]
Music from the album was previewed in a touring show which Herbert and her band performed at UK venues in 2017.[8]
The album cover features artwork by Julia Andrews-Clifford and a photograph of Herbert by Ian Wallman.
Track listing
| No | Title | Lyrics and music | Length | |
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| 1 | "Fishing for Squirrels" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:06 | |
| 2 | "More of Everything" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:48 | |
| 3 | "Reading My Breath Away" | Gwyneth Herbert/ Krystle Warren | 5:22 | |
| 4 | "From Here to Over There" | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:48 | |
| 5 | "Frosting on Your Windows" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:50 | |
| 6 | "You're Welcome" | Gwyneth Herbert | 5:26 | |
| 7 | "Until the Dust Settles" | Gwyneth Herbert | 5:52 | |
| 8 | "Tick Tock TICK" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:47 | |
| 9 | "Don't Call Me That | Gwyneth Herbert | 3:43 | |
| 10 | "And You Are..." | Gwyneth Herbert | 5:52 | |
| 11 | "Not the Kind of Girl" | Gwyneth Herbert | 4:47 | Total length = 52 minutes[1] |
Songs
"Not the Kind of Girl", which previously Herbert had performed with her touring band,[8] is a song about being obsessed with self-image.[9] Herbert wrote it for a screening, in 2010, at BFI Southbank's Birds Eye View Film Festival in London, of the 1928 silent comedy classic film The Patsy, co-produced by and starring Marion Davies.[10] British jazz singer Ian Shaw covered the song on his 2017 album Shine Sister Shine.[11]
"You're Welcome" was inspired by the journey of the Windrush generation, the early migrants from the Caribbean who settled in the UK. It was released as a single in September 2018.[12]