Emma drops title track of her second album

EMMA Langfordโ€™s new single, featuring the words and voice of Vanessa Ifediora, is out now. The song โ€˜Sowing Acornsโ€™ is also the title track of Emmaโ€™s second album due for release in September.
Emma worked with Grammy-nominated The Production Suite (Chris Oโ€™Brien and Graham Murphy) on her debut album โ€˜Quiet Giantโ€™ and returned to their studios for the new LP.

The Limerick singer-songwriter credits Oโ€™Brien and Murphy for transforming a simple lullaby into an epic โ€œhands-in-the-air style anthemโ€ that builds to a powerful chorus, supported by layered vocals and drums.

โ€œThe track started out small – I wrote it to try and calm myself, I was feeling trapped and exhausted and like I was mentally spiralling because I couldnโ€™t sleep, and when I did it was restless and disturbed by fever dreams,โ€ she says of the songโ€™s origins.
โ€œBut when I brought it to studio, I knew I wanted it to be less understated, and to have a sense of drama.โ€
โ€˜Sowing Acornsโ€™ features the speaking voice of Vanessa Ifediora reading her poem โ€˜Off-White Sheetsโ€™ over Emmaโ€™s gentle finger-picking before building to a powerful chorus.

Vanessaโ€™s poem, sampled in the track, draws on her experiences of a condition called โ€˜Maladaptive Daydreamingโ€™ and was published in March 2019 in her first book โ€˜Off-White Sheets.โ€™
This was a collection of images and poems detailing her anxieties surrounding recovery from depression.
Expect an official music video, and a remix by Belfast-based electronic/ ambient artist Arvo Party soon. The track is also available on all streaming platforms.
https://emmalangfordmusic.bandcamp.com/ to purchase the single or pre-order the album.

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