Naima Bock announces second album, Below a Massive Dark Land

Her second album, Below... comes as the follow up to Giant Palm. speaking of the new songs, she says: "Kaley was written whilst staying at a friend's house in Tucson, or at least it was finished there. It's about betrayal and the subsequent lack of direction that follows. At the time there was no ‘plan’ or ‘way’ that I had for myself, let alone anyone else."

Most of Below…’s songs started life very simply; alone, living in her grandmother’s shed in South London, writing just with her voice, guitar and violin. She’s no violin virtuoso but had taken it up as a songwriting exercise for its ability to draw melodies from her .

Naima Bock has also announced a full UK tour in November which includes two shows in London at St Pancras Old Church and The Ivy House as well as a number of dates around the UK and European dates throughout December.

Giant Palm was arranged with collaborator Joel Burton, but going it alone in search of something truly hers, Naima found she was capable of more. "After me and Joel stopped working together", she remembers, "it was an impossibility to even fathom doing arrangements myself, but then I started learning violin. Playing it isn’t easy but writing melodies on it is". Finding that she could go it alone was incredibly powerful for Naima, "I think I needed it, to be able to feel proud of something. Like, that’s me! That feels good".