{"product_id":"smith-nell-anxious","title":"Smith, Nell - Anxious","description":"Posthumous record releases are always charged with emotion but when the\nrelease comes from a 17 year-old artist that was just getting started it is\nheartbreaking.\n'Anxious' is a mesmerizing selection of songs that explore the highs, lows and\nuncertainty of teenage life through the eyes of Nell and is the follow-up to Where The\nViaduct Looms, her debut collaboration with The Flaming Lips that explored the works\nof Nick Cave.\nGuided by the talented Jack and Lily Wolter of Penelope Isles, who helped shape Nell's\nsongs, some of which had been in the works since she was twelve years old, the\nresult is an album brimming with emotion, playful melodies and a depth that hints at\nwhat Nell's future may have held. Nell's record includes three songs which were\nwritten in partnership with Canadian folk band Shred Kelly with whom she spent\nwinter evenings writing in her hometown of Fernie, British Columbia, huddled round\nthe fire in 2022. Jack and Lily Wolter subsequently completed these songs and the\nrest of the works in Brighton in 2023.\nNell's first and only studio recording session at Bella Union's studio in Brighton at the\ntender age of 15 was an intense mix of long days with Jack and Lily expertly teasing\nout what was really going on in Smith's mind with the help of Doritos, Fizzy sweets,\nCoca Cola and inspiration gained by sneaking her into venues to see local bands play.\nA lot of Nell's creative drive was rooted in raw teenage emotions; apprehension; love;\ntravel; gratefulness; ambition; and grief. These moods are visited throughout the\ntracks on the album with an instrumental approach that brings joy into even the\ndarkest of songs.","brand":"Bella Union","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50163867812118,"sku":"RMX-41881","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50163867844886,"sku":"RMX-41882","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/957f05b220f8b7cb6cec38f49360c368_5bd082f4-29f5-4733-b01f-3e45b5835589.jpg?v=1750717891","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/smith-nell-anxious","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}