On Sale Not The Girl Holly Macve SKU: 14.99 20.00 £14.99 - £20.00 £20.00 £14.99 - £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Modern Sky Released Date: 14th May 2021 Buying Format: 1LP 1LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option1LP1LP Coloured VinylClear Not The Girl quantity Add to basket ReserveBack Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info “My vision was big,” says Brighton-based singer Macve of the road to her second album. “I knew I wanted to do something more expansive than my first record.” With reach, feeling, storytelling power and a stop-you-dead voice, Macve sizes up to that mission boldly on Not The Girl. Following on from the rootsy saloon-noir conviction of her 2017 debut, Golden Eagle, Holly sets out for deeper, often darker territory with a firm, unhurried sense of direction on her second record: on all fronts, it’s an album that looks its upscaled ambitions in the eye fearlessly. For Macve, the combination of influences such as Nancy & Lee with time spent touring helped widen her horizons. “I wasn’t afraid of trying new things, and I wanted to explore sounds and develop my skills in production, composing and engineering. When I wrote the songs on Golden Eagle I had never toured, it was just me in my bedroom playing acoustic guitar. I then got the chance to tour the world with a band and sing with a symphony orchestra [with Mercury Rev in 2017]. My little world grew and I realised there was so much for me to learn about how I can use my skills as a singer and writer. I didn’t want to limit myself – I wanted to push my boundaries.” At every turn, Macve’s powers of evocation are matched by the depth and strength in her voice. Witness the meeting of a plangent pedal-steel with her elastic vocal on the atmospheric “Be My Friend”, or the sultry verses and soaring chorus of “You Can Do Better”, which bring to mind a prairie-sized Mazzy Star. Guest guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones’ spacious contributions help enhance its sense of space. “Bill was an important part of the story of this record,” says Holly. “I love his playing – it helped create that kind of heavy, lazy, dreamy sound I’m such a fan of.” Elsewhere, rich seams of contrast and counterpoint emerge. The Velvet Underground-ish “Sweet Marie” is epic drone-country, “Little, Lonely Heart” a symphonic waltz around the rootsy stuff of bad love, jealousy, and guilt. “Who Am I” merges a Phil Spector-ish wall of sound with a grunge-y melodic insouciance, while “Daddy’s Gone” finds Macve reflecting on the death of her father over Memphis soul-style backing, rendering complex emotions with controlled reserves of detail and drama before a roistering climax. “Lonely Road” closes the album on a note of becalmed resilience, its narrator looking “past the prison walls and into the garden”, ready to face whatever waits out there. Other contributors included Fiona Brice (Placebo, John Grant), whose string arrangements helped Macve fulfil an ambition to blend ’70s Laurel Canyon sounds and the rougher edges of ’90s grunge with the melodic sweep of Scott Walker. Collin Dupuis (Lana del Rey, Angel Olsen) mixed the album in Nashville; CJ Hillman (Billy Bragg) plays pedal-steel, Emily Druce plays viola, and David Dyson/Phil Murphy play drums. The Arts Council helped with funding, and recording took place between Holly’s home studio, Retreat Studios in Ovingdean, Ryder-Jones’ YAWN studio in Liverpool, and Kore Studios in London. Brave, brooding, and beautiful, Not The Girl is the sound of that confidence in full, spectacular bloom. Artist Holly Macve Genre Americana / Country Label Modern Sky Buying Options 1LP , 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 Bird 2 Eye of the Storm 3 Be my Friend 4 You Can Do Better 5 Daddy’s Gone 6 Little Lonely Heart 7 Sweet Marie 8 Who Am I 9 Not the Girl 10 Behind the Flowers 11 Lonely Road Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Holly Macve and more from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Holly Macve Golden Eagle Americana / Country | Bella Union | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released 28th February 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Holly Macve Golden Eagle £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Bella Union SKU: BELLA550V Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl, Includes Download Code Released Date: 28th February 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Merle Haggard I Am What I Am Americana / Country | Concord | 1LP Released 19th April 2019 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Merle Haggard I Am What I Am £22.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Concord SKU: 7208413 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock Vol. 2 Americana / Country | Soul Jazz | 2LP Released 3rd May 2011 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists / Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock Vol. 2 £13.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP2432 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 3rd May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Jade Jackson Gilded Americana / Country | Anti | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 15th May 2017 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Jade Jackson Gilded £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Anti SKU: 8714092743517 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 15th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dreaming Spires, The Searching For The Supertruth Americana / Country | Clubhouse Records | 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd March 2015 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dreaming Spires, The Searching For The Supertruth £24.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Clubhouse Records SKU: CRUK0028LP Formats: 180g, 2LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Johnny Cash Recordings From The Louisiana Hayride 1955-1962 Americana / Country | Mr Suit | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th June 2014 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Johnny Cash Recordings From The Louisiana Hayride 1955-1962 £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Mr Suit SKU: SUITABLE1322 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th June 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tyler Childers Purgatory Americana / Country | Hickman Holler Records / Thirty Tigers | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 5th January 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tyler Childers Purgatory £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Hickman Holler Records / Thirty Tigers SKU: HHR0011 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 5th January 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Iron And Wine & Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses) Sing Into My Mouth Americana / Country | Black Cricket Recording Co. | 180g, 1LP Released 17th July 2015 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Iron And Wine & Ben Bridwell (Band Of Horses) Sing Into My Mouth £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Black Cricket Recording Co. 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