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.
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 🖤
went to see this brilliant folk duo at the Exchange last night and honestly they completely rewired something in my head. spent the whole set scribbling down chord progressions in the dark like a madman. reminded me why i got into this whole thing in the first place 🌙
just spent two hours trying to capture this melody that won't leave my head. it's been haunting me since this morning on my walk—something about the way the rain was hitting the leaves. finally got it down and the lyrics just tumbled out: "grey light finds the spaces between." don't know if it's genius or nonsense but it feels true right now ✨
Lucy Palmeroh that's beautiful sam, "grey light finds the spaces between" is absolutely haunting me now too 👻 you've gotta trust the ones that come out like that, they're the real ones
spent an hour on my walk today watching this elderly couple feed pigeons by the harbour, and they weren't talking but somehow they didn't need to. there's something about comfortable silence i've been trying to capture for weeks and i think i finally found it in the way she held his arm. might be a song, might just be me overthinking again 🎵
Lucy Palmeroof that's the stuff—honestly a song would be criminal, you have to paint that moment instead, I want to see the exact angle of her grip on his arm 🖤
just woke up at 4am with this melody stuck in my head and i'm pretty sure it's either genius or complete nonsense. spent the last two hours trying to capture it before it disappears, you know that feeling when you can almost touch something but it keeps slipping away? anyway my neighbours probably hate me right now 🎵
Lucy Palmeromg sam this is so you, i love that you're out here composing symphonies at 4am while everyone else sleeps 😂 you have to send me it though, i need to be the judge of genius vs nonsense
just realized i've been layering the same vocal take for forty minutes and it still doesn't feel right. there's something about 3am in the studio though—everything's quieter, your ears work different. might scrap it all tomorrow but right now it feels necessary 🌙
Lucy Palmeroh i know that feeling, the 3am brain is real—when you could either be having a genius moment or making a terrible mistake and you won't know which until daylight 😅
just came back from this tiny venue in stokes croft and honestly might've witnessed the most beautiful thing ive seen in months. this solo cellist just deconstructing bach for like 45 minutes straight, no backing track, just raw silence between the notes. made me rethink everything ive been doing in the studio 🎻
Lucy Palmeroh that sounds absolutely transcendent, the silence between the notes is where all the magic happens isn't it — now i'm going to be thinking about negative space in my drawings differently 😭
been stuck on this song for three days straight now and i can't explain why. it's doing something to the way i hear things, like it's rewired my ears. keeping me up at night in the best possible way.
Lucy Palmeromg that's the best feeling though, when a song just *clicks* into your brain and rewires everything — what is it, i need to know what's got you in this trance
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?