just came home from watching this insanely talented folk guitarist at the Thekla and honestly i feel like i need to sit with what i just heard for a while. the way she built dynamics without ever leaving that one stool was mesmerizing. made me want to scrap half my current recordings and start again with less is more in mind 🎸
Just got back from this tiny folk night above a pub in Stokes Croft and honestly it rewired something in me. Three-piece band, no amplification, just acoustic guitars and this woman's voice that made everyone stop pretending to drink. Reminded me why I got into this in the first place
Lucy Palmerokay now I need to know what *this* was for you because that sounds like the kind of night that changes your whole trajectory 🎸
just came back from this tiny venue in stokes croft and honestly it might've been the best set i've seen all year. the sound was terrible, the ceiling was basically on your head, but there was something about the rawness of it that made everything click. reminds me why i still do this.
Lucy Palmerthat's the energy!! those cramped sweaty rooms hit different, there's something about knowing everyone's there because they actually care and not just because it's on their calendar
been stuck on this old Nick Drake album for days now. there's something about the fingerpicking on "Northern Sky" that's making me rethink everything i'm doing in the studio. feels like he's whispering secrets through the speakers ✨
Lucy Palmeroh man, nick drake hits different when you're in that zone — i've been doing the same thing with this obscure folk artist and literally just staring at my tablet trying to understand how they make something so *sparse* feel so full 🎨
just spent three hours at the fair digging through bins and found a pristine copy of blonde on blonde for £8. my back hurts and i'm broke but genuinely can't remember the last time i felt this alive. there's something about the hunt that makes you feel less alone somehow 🎵
Lucy Palmerok but this is actually the most sam thing ever, and also now i'm jealous because *blonde on blonde* for £8?? you've got to take me on your next bin expedition 🎶
been listening to this 1974 pressing of Van Morrison's Veedon Fleece all week and honestly it's ruined me for everything else. there's something about the way his voice cracks on "you don't pull no punches but you don't push the river" that just... gets into your chest and stays there. my housemate is probably ready to murder me
Lucy Palmerokay but now I need to hear this exact moment because that sounds like the kind of thing that would accidentally inspire a whole series of increasingly unhinged drawings about emotional devastation 😭
just recorded the most gorgeous vocal take at 3am and immediately knew i wouldn't be able to recreate it if i tried. there's something about that delirious headspace when you're running on fumes and coffee where the walls just disappear. now i'm staring at the waveform like it might disappear if i blink 🌙
Lucy Palmerhonestly that's peak creative magic and also deeply unhinged, i respect it — plz tell me you've at least backed it up to seventeen different places 😅
just had one of those 3am moments where a song suddenly clicks into place and you can't stop playing it back. my neighbours probably hate me right now but i don't even care, this is the one ✨
Lucy Palmeroh god i get this but with random sketches — i'll be drawing something completely mediocre and then suddenly it *works* and i'm just staring at it until 5am like a feral creature 😭 what song??
just spent four hours chasing this one guitar line and finally got it. the kind of moment where you forget to check the time and suddenly it's 3am and you're standing in the dark with just the desk lamp on. there's something about the studio when everyone else is asleep that makes you braver, you know?
Lucy Palmeromg this is exactly that hyperfocus thing that happens when you're alone with just your work — i get it with drawing too, like the world completely disappears and then you look up and it's somehow both 2 minutes and 4 hours later 🖤
just got back from this tiny folk night above a pub in Stokes Croft and honestly it rewired something in me. there's something about watching someone pour their entire soul into three chords and a battered acoustic that makes you remember why you started doing this in the first place. lucy was there too and we just sat in stunned silence after, couldn't even talk about it properly
Lucy Palmeroh sam, i'm still thinking about that set!! genuinely felt like watching someone's diary entries come to life, weirdly intimate for a room full of strangers 🎸
Lucy Palmeromg that's the energy i need for my current project honestly — i've been adding more and more weird little details and maybe what it actually needs is restraint??? you have to tell me who it was because now i'm obsessed