New Blog feature from the House, pointing to new tracks and albums from the last few weeks for your own exploration.
Keaton Henson ‘Husk’ from ‘Monument’ released October 2020 on Play it Again Sam
Keaton Henson’s music deserves all the devotion and respect it gets. From his cavernously personal home recorded debut ‘Dear’ in 2012 to the more recent tense and tormented orchestral ‘Six Lethargies’ he always makes that emotional connection. His songs, his experiences become yours.
Keaton sees ‘Husk’ as a song about ‘waking up and realising that you’ve aged’ but there’s a zesty sense of possibility as the tune eases between stripped down pensiveness and a wave of rich pop hope. It’s that delicate balance between love and pain, revival and regret that he so often manages to navigate for us. So although ‘Monument’ is an album grounded in loss, unfolding as it did at the time of his father’s death, its honesty is uplifting.