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Grace Elizabeth Harvey’s New EP Offers Wistful Alt-Folk
Liverpool-based songwriter Grace Elizabeth Harvey has announced a new EP, 'Songs Of Devotion', due for release on 16th October 2026. The record features spartan alt-folk arrangements paired with literary, wordplay-rich songwriting, and its announcement is accompanied by the release of a first single.
The EP was recorded during sessions at producer Gus White's residential studio, The Barn, where Harvey was joined by double bassist Sam Crooks and drummer Lloyd Haines. The lead track, 'The Dream of A Common Language', takes its title from a poetry collection by Adrienne Rich that Harvey came across by chance in a charity shop; she describes the song as exploring the failure of language to fully communicate love, desire and understanding, drawing on a recurring dream in which she is screaming without sound.
In short
- Grace Elizabeth Harvey announces new EP 'Songs Of Devotion', out 16 October 2026
- Recorded at producer Gus White's studio with bassist and drummer
- Lead single 'The Dream of A Common Language' named after Adrienne Rich poetry
Explained simply
Grace Elizabeth Harvey is a Liverpool-based songwriter whose music draws on folk, with sparse arrangements and lyrics shaped by literary references and wordplay. Alt-folk is a loose term for folk music that uses a more individual or unconventional approach to its sound and songwriting.
Harvey recorded the EP with producer Gus White at his residential studio, The Barn, joined by double bassist Sam Crooks and drummer Lloyd Haines. Its first single takes its title from a poetry collection by Adrienne Rich, an American poet, and explores how words can fall short when people try to express love, desire and understanding.
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