Harkin announces second solo album with first single "Body Clock"

"Body Clock" is the lead outing from Harkin's new album, and arrives with a video game-inspired video by Pastel Castle.

Harkin said, "I was a big fan of Pastel Castle's work and felt like this song would be a perfect fit. I wrote and recorded it during lockdown in a flat with no outdoor space. My brother loaned me a Nintendo Switch and I found solace in games with large maps to explore. Songwriting and gameplay can both have the power to transport and the video Pastel Castle has created takes me on a beautiful and perilous quest."

Honeymoon Suite will follow Harkin's 2020 self-titled debut solo album, and was written in the same room that Harkin and her wife ate meals in. Harkin and her wife also hosted their virtual wedding reception, and attended a funeral over Zoom from the same room. Harkin describes the record as "a ship in a bottle of that time."

The new album also marks Harkin's first self-produced record, which came to fruition after she gained confidence making the soundtrack for Erēmīta (Anthologies). Harkin explains, "I’ve worked in all manner of studios and assumed many different roles in music making. I had thousands of flight hours but I had still never been the pilot. Owning the role of producer was more of a mental block than anything else, but circumstance dissolved that intimidation. Working on Ashley’s soundtrack early in the pandemic gave me the confidence to continue producing my own solo work. I won a grant from the PPL Momentum Accelerator Fund which would cover the mixing and mastering if I could be self-sufficient in recording. It felt like the quest I needed to push me into discovering this new direction."

She adds, "For me, this album was a rabbit hole and escape hatch. It’s a very vulnerable record. There are no performances - I made it alone. Releasing it into the world feels like an extension of the solitary process and remote collaboration which created it. I hope it travels far and wide."

Tracklist:

1. Body Clock
2. A New Day
3. Here Again
4. Matchless Lighting
5. (Give Me) The Streets of Leeds
6. Mt. Merino
7. Talk Of The Town
8. To Make Her Smile
9. Listening Out
10. Driving Down A Flight Of Stairs