Name: The Hollow
Brand: Keeley Forsyth

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LP13-56

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Black

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-05-10

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PIAS

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0600116135612

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Black LP

CD13-56

0600116135629

Artist

Keeley Forsyth

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Singer Songwriter

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130701

130701 is a sublabel of the British independent label FatCat Records, based in Brighton. Established in 2001, it serves as an outlet for more orchestrated and instrumental material. The label takes its name from the date of its inception: 13 July 2001. It is also known as 130701.

The label focuses on releasing music that is richly composed and showcases the talents of *artists* who create beautiful soundscapes through their instrumental works. With a commitment to quality and innovation, 130701 has become a respected name in the music industry.

As part of FatCat Records, *130701* benefits from being associated with an established and reputable record label that has been at the forefront of independent music since its formation in 1997. Together, they continue to support and promote talented musicians who push boundaries and create unique musical experiences.

Actor and musician, Keeley Forsyth, was born in 1979 in Oldham, England. With a passion for both performing arts and music, she has established herself as a talented artist in the industry. Known for her captivating performances on screen and stage, Keeley brings her unique blend of emotion and vulnerability to her music. Her soulful voice and poetic lyrics have garnered critical acclaim from audiences worldwide. Whether through acting or music, Keeley's artistry continues to captivate and inspire.

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The wilds of Keeley Forsyth’s adopted home in the North of England seem to inhabit this, her third record. An often bleak and foreboding landscape surrounds the Yorkshire town in which Forsyth resides. The moors, on clear days, visible from her home studio window, impact upon a music that often feels made of these places. Windswept, rain soaked and blinking through the low-lit landscape. It is here through the gloaming mist that the storm breaks and the fox tears at the throat as the Red Kites circle to scavenge whatever’s left. “There was a sound I had in my head. One to reach, that hovers above and is slightly less grounded. But a sound and feeling that nonetheless is inevitably tethered to the soil”.

The title for the new collection derives from happening upon a long-abandoned mining shaft whilst out walking. At once alluring and hazardous, forced into a hillside, “there appeared a room and ever darkening hallway carved out of the ground. A place to be swallowed by, but also to emerge from”. It’s this push and pull that is reflected in the tone, craft, and preoccupations of The Hollow. The past lurking within and haunting the present we now occupy. A connection to time that places us within it, facing what is gone and what may come. But also, perhaps the harsh notion that time has no concern as to whether we are here or not. “There is a bleak dust that hides on the cracks”.

The unique elemental voice with which we are now familiar from her critically acclaimed previous recordings sits centrally confident in a world that is of Forsyth’s making. Drawing upon personal experience without being overly literal or illustrative, Forsyth’s cathartic reflections are exorcisms in song. Songs peopled by a legion of empathetic characters and voices all of whom share something of herself. We hear an artist making sense of her life, willing to expose vulnerability without ever appearing or sounding weak but also as she states, “not wanting to dictate or control the meaning of these songs to those who may listen”.

There are experiments with an expanding field of collaborators and approaches. Forsyth’s good friend Matthew Bourne returns to end the record with the delicately paired down ‘Creature’. Colin Stetson was invited after Forsyth attended his solo live show, admiring his singular approach, at once technically brilliant and emotionally captivating. “We decided to try something together. I could hear the marriage of these sounds, both very human expressions, coming from the control of breath and breathing”. The resulting track, ‘Turning’, is a feverish cyclical dervish with Stetson utilising a range of saxophones to create a Glass-like arpeggiated stampede for Forsyth to ride alongside.

The Hollow

Music GB

Discover The Hollow by Keeley Forsyth on 130701 label. An atmospheric record inspired by the wilds of Northern England. Vinyl records available.