passing thoughts
“These are wonderful songs… Careful, raw, intimate and totally soul soaring.
Curl up, get close, listen in. Really beautiful.”
- Kate Yedigaroff, Co-Director, MAYK.
“These songlets are a series of passing thoughts. They were mostly recorded in my office, improvised, over a few days. Some of these are based on ideas I’ve had floating around for years, others arrived in this moment. They are wonky and honest. You can hear my cat purring quite loudly in one of the tracks, which I love.
“I usually work with groups of live singers and make music specifically for performance. It has been a joyful experiment to work with David Ridley to focus on the quiet detail of these songs and try to capture their intimacy.”
- Verity Standen, December 2023.
Composed & performed by Verity Standen
Production & additional composition by David Ridley
Additional vocals on Outdated: David Ridley Additional vocals on Purity: Kate Huggett, Kate Smith & David Ridley Strings on Purity & Outdated: James Gow, Laura Wilson & David Ridley Mastered by James Trevascus
LIVE
Makers’ Yard - Frome
17th November 2023
These songs were performed for the first time at an intimate concert at our local venue. Verity worked with singers Kate Huggett, Kate Smith & David Ridley to create a live version of this music, along with string players James Gow and Laura Wilson. And massive thanks to Dominic Conway for sharing his joyful sounds too.
Verity will be performing more gigs this Autumn.
Photos by Alice Whitby.