Hattie Whitehead marries folk and electronica in her new single ‘Machine’. Soaring harmonies can’t disguise the powerful protest message in the lyrics. This is the first single from Whitehead’s first full-length solo album ‘Bloom’. The album was produced by John Reynolds who also provides drums on ‘Machine’. Whitehead and Reynolds are also joined on the track by Chris Pemberton bringing in the pulsing synths.
Whitehead describes how the 2019 general election inspired the song, “Money was being prioritized over care for human beings and financial growth was the driving force behind Boris Johnson’s campaign” she explains. “I created a daydream situation where I envisaged those fueled by greed rising to the top to find themselves alone having cast everyone aside in their pursuit of power. The lyric ‘On your throne alone, you’ll die’ pretty much sums up the sentiment!”
‘Bloom’ is due on 4th October with live dates in the UK throughout the month.
Ed Donnelly is a multi-instrumentalist, recording engineer and record producer from Los Angeles. He has worked with Willie Nelson, Crowded House, Marc Cohn, Jools Holland, Matchbox Twenty, The Cult, BoyHaunt, Gladys Knight, Trent Summar and The West Coast Mob, Smashing Pumpkins, Del McCoury, OK Go, Exodus, Molly Leach, Tom Morello, O.A.R., Madness, The Crystal Method, DrunkHungry, Deadmau5, Zac Brown, CrysP Tyger, Bighead Todd and the Monsters, Jake Shimabukuro, Barenaked Ladies, Tsar, Killola and more. Donnelly regularly performs with Nathan Jacques as well as Little Silver Hearts and records with GhostsDream. Little known fact: He previously held Top Secret Security Clearance with the U.S. Department of State and Q Clearance from the Department of Energy.
He currently runs The Barber’s Basement Recording Studio in Highland Park and is a partner in The Atmos at Lemontree Studio.
