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There’s a fantastic story behind the title track of Billie Marten’s fourth record Drop Cherries (released on April 7 via Fiction Records).
Recorded entirely on tape in Somerset and Wales late last summer, Drop Cherries marks the first time that Billie has both written and co-produced (with Dom Monks) one of her records, following on from the 2021 album Flora Fauna, Feeding Seahorses by Hand (2019) and Writing of Blues and Yellows (2016).
The title track was one of the last elements to emerge: the tale of a relationship that simply couldn’t happen for reasons of marriage and religion...
Recorded entirely on tape in Somerset and Wales late last summer, Drop Cherries marks the first time that Billie has both written and co-produced (with Dom Monks) one of her records, following on from the 2021 album Flora Fauna, Feeding Seahorses by Hand (2019) and Writing of Blues and Yellows (2016).
The title track was one of the last elements to emerge: the tale of a relationship that simply couldn’t happen for reasons of marriage and religion...