Enigmatic (or possibly just fast-moving) London folk artist Lando Manning self-describes the music on his upcoming EP “Fragments” – which includes a psych garage interpretation of Vashti Bunyan, a regendered traditional ballad and original compositions on North Korean Defectors and personal ancestry – as a “love letter to English Folk, but if it was written by Mary Shelley.” Which may suggest a Frankenstein of a collection – but that doesn’t seem to be the case, so perhaps it’s a nod towards Shelly’s more traditionally Gothic Romances with a feminist twist.
Either way, ‘Blue Silk Ribbons‘ is the single from the EP, and it is, says Lando Manning, “a track about paying respects to the generations that came before. We’re all here because of the sacrifices that have been made by generations before us in our families. This song is an ode to that and is about keeping on, inspired by the perseverance of our forebears. I was really interested in psychogeography when I was writing this song, so the lyrics’ imagery is inspired by northern coastlines where my Dad’s side of the family are from, as I believe the landscapes that we grow up around have a big impact on who we become emotionally.”
“Fragments” is released on 14th October, and there’s a launch gig at Folklore in Hoxton the same day.
