Skin by Maddie Morris

Released on NoMasters The long awaited debut album from Maddie Morris, is an intimate, hopeful and political look into identity. Steeped in tradition, Skin includes rallying cries and personal reflection combined with Maddie’s soaring vocals and optimism for change.

Maddie’s writing doesn’t come from anger, but hope. Through storytelling, lived experience and the embodiment of second-wave Feminism’s ‘the personal is political’ this album takes you on a journey. Maddie takes your hand, and walks you through their navigation of the world touching on queer joy, liberation, history, hope and vulnerability. Following the critical acclaim of their debut EP “Upstream” (Oct 2022) Maddie has worked again with producer Pete Ord and this album was recorded at The Studio at Sunbeams, a recording studio-come Community Music Therapy space in Cumbria. The accessibility of the space can be sensed in Maddie’s poignant vocals, and through the challenging nature of the album content.

Since emerging in 2019 as award winning BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician, Maddie has been an artist striving to make a difference in the world. Through their delicately ornamented vocal style, to music that challenges perceptions and aims to shed light.

Maddie is joined by a force of outstanding artists on this release including Archie Churchill- Moss, Belinda O’hooley, Bryony Griffith, George Sansome, Janice Burns, Kath Ord and Matt Downer. The combined sound of such outstanding musicianship seeks to augment the poignant songwriting whilst allowing for moments of Maddie’s solo voice that has captivated audiences across the UK.

Maddie Morris is an artist who strives to make a difference in the world. Bold, insightful and refreshingly unique, they take traditional song in new directions to shine a light on contemporary issues, offering new perspectives about the world we live in today.

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