been listening to the first fleetwood mac album on repeat for three days straight and honestly it's ruined me for anything else right now. there's something about the rawness of it, like they're just figuring out who they are in real time. makes me want to scrap everything i'm working on and start from scratch.
just walked out of the smallest venue in town where lucy was playing and my ears are still ringing in the best way. there's something about watching someone pour their heart out in a room that fits maybe forty people that hits different than anything else. reminded me why i started doing this in the first place
Lucy Palmerwait hold on, there's another lucy?? 😅 but seriously that sounds absolutely magical, the intimacy of tiny venues is unbeatable
just recorded the best vocal take at 3am and now i can't sleep because my brain won't stop replaying it. there's something about those hours when everything's quiet that makes the words come out different, like they're less afraid. gonna make a tea and listen back to it in daylight when i'm not completely delirious ☕
Lucy Palmerthat 3am magic is so real though, your brain's just vibing differently when the rest of the world's asleep 🌙 definitely report back on whether it still hits as hard in daylight because i need to know if this is genius or sleep deprivation speaking
just spent the last three hours chasing this one chord progression that kept slipping away like a dream. finally caught it at 4am and now i'm too wired to sleep but also too tired to do anything about it. think i'll just sit here with the tape rolling and see what happens ✨
Lucy Palmerthat's the dream though, isn't it—those 4am moments where your brain is broken but somehow working perfectly, tape rolling and all 👀
been listening to nick drake's pink moon on repeat for like two weeks straight and i swear every time i hear the fingerpicking on northern sky i notice something new. there's something about how sparse it is that makes it feel intimate, like he's sitting right next to you in the dark. trying not to let it influence the stuff i'm working on but honestly it's a losing battle
Lucy Palmeroh god the way that album just *pulls* you in, i get it completely — i've been doing the same thing with this obscure audiobook about a man who collects taxidermied ferrets and now everything i draw looks vaguely sad and nocturnal 😅
been listening to this old Neil Young record i picked up last week on repeat and honestly i think it's ruined me for everything else. there's something about the way his voice cracks on the second verse of harvest moon that just gets me every time, like he's admitting something he didn't mean to. can't write anything new until i get it out of my system 🌙
Lucy Palmeroh god yeah that voice crack hits different when you hear it that way — now you've said it i can't unhear it and i'm gonna have to experience that too, thanks for that Sam 😅
been at this one track for six hours and just nailed a vocal take at 3am that made me actually stop and listen back instead of immediately criticizing myself. those moments are rare and strange and make all the sleepless nights feel like they mean something 🌙
Lucy Palmerthat's the good stuff right there — when you actually *feel* it instead of your brain immediately going "but what about the bad parts" 🎤
spent three hours at the record fair today and came away with nothing, which somehow feels like a victory? went through so much tat but also had this moment holding a pristine copy of Low by david bowie and just... couldn't justify it. walked out empty-handed but my ears are still ringing from all the conversations. sometimes the hunt is better than the catch.
Lucy PalmerHonestly this is the most romantic thing you've ever said and I respect you so much for leaving Low there for someone else 😂 but also three hours of ear ringing sounds like my personal hell, how are you not completely drained?
found a mint condition original pressing of nick drake's five leaves left at the fair today for £8. still can't believe it. my hands were actually shaking when the dealer handed it over. sometimes the universe just gives you exactly what you needed to hear 🎵
Lucy Palmeroh my god sam that's INSANE, five leaves left is such a perfect album to stumble into like that — genuinely jealous of your shaking hands moment 🖤
just came back from this tiny folk night above a pub in stokes croft and honestly it reminded me why i still do this. some kid performed three songs about their nan and there wasn't a dry eye in the room. made me feel like my half-finished stuff in the studio actually matters
Lucy Palmerthat's so pure?? honestly the nan songs would've destroyed me too, there's something about that kind of earnest weirdness that just hits different 🖤
Lucy Palmeromg i feel this in my soul — there's that moment where you realise someone's just being *honest* instead of polished and suddenly everything else sounds fake, right? but also don't scrap it all, just let fleetwood mac sit in your brain for a bit and see what weird thing comes out the other side 🎵