Orla Gartland has shared the Extended Edition of her recent album ‘Everybody Needs A Hero’.
The record was released earlier this year, and found the bedroom pop artist truly stretching. Pushing her art to new spaces, Orla remained anchored to her passion for melody.
As it transpires, sessions for the record were extremely fruitful. Re-opening the vaults, Orla Gartland has crafted an Extended Edition of the album, with five new tracks.
The surprises include two collaborations – Vancouver duo Tommy Lefroy feature on new song ‘Pest’; whilst Orla’s FIZZ compatriots dodie and Greta Isaac feature on a new live version of Orla’s Ivor Novello Award-nominated song ‘Mine’.
Orla Gartland comments…
I’ve added five new tracks to this extended edition of ‘Everybody Needs A Hero’; a mix of new songs and offcuts from the initial album recording process. It’s easy to resent the length of time between writing a song and releasing it as sometimes life (and everything you’re singing about) has changed by the time the music comes out!
This was true for me in this case so it felt good to revisit the record and distill some more recent thoughts and feelings into songs like ‘Now What?’ and ‘Thirty’. There are some features too; I loved bringing Tommy Lefroy in on ‘Pest’ and singing a new live version of ‘Mine’ with my best friends, Greta Isaac and dodie.
Tune in now.
Photo Credit: Em Marcovecchio
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