Joni has announced her debut album ‘Things I Left Behind’, set for release via Hand In Hive and Keeled Scales on 11th April. The American-born, London-based songwriter has also shared the record’s title track.
The new single explores themes of growth and loss, featuring a shuffling drumbeat and swirling guitars produced by Jackson Firlik. “It’s a reflection on how we’re all made up of the things we’ve lost and left behind. People. Places. Experiences,” Joni explains. “While writing the lyrics, I was having all these vivid images from my past rush by, almost like lights when you’re driving in a tunnel. Little things and big things. Scraping my knee as a kid. Falling in love for the first time. Losing love. Taking mushrooms and calling my childhood best friend. Lying on the grass at night. It’s painful to realise you can’t hold onto these things physically, but ultimately comforting to know that they sort of become you and you carry them along in some way.”
The ten-track album was written following Joni’s relocation to London from LA and subsequent relationship breakdown with her long-term partner and musical collaborator. Drawing influence from artists including Feist, Sparklehorse and Daniel Johnston, the record also features previously-released single ‘Avalanches’.
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