Hope Tala has announced her debut album, 'Hope Handwritten', due in February

Hope Tala has released her new single 'Jumping The Gun'.

It arrives alongside the news that her debut album 'Hope Handwritten' is set for digital release on 28th February 2025 via PMR Records. 'Jumping The Gun' is the fifth single from the album, following previous releases 'I Can't Even Cry', 'Bad Love God', 'Thank Goodness', and 'Shiver'.

Speaking about the single, Tala says: "It's a funny coincidence that one of the percussion elements in this song is a clicking pen. I didn't realise the link between this and the album title - Hope Handwritten - for some time. 'Jumping the Gun' is one of the first songs I wrote for the album and is one of only two that made it from the very first draft I wrote in 2021 onto the final track list - I never once considered letting it go."

Regarding the album title, she adds, "The title contains multiple meanings; I write most of my lyrics by hand in a notebook, hence 'handwritten', and I've put so much of my heart and soul into this music, which is where the self-titled element came from - but it also communicates what I believe is the crux of the record, which is the struggle to hold on to the feeling of hope."

Tala will perform a sold-out headline show at London's O2 Academy Islington tonight as part of The Mini Tour.