{"id":35198,"date":"2018-04-20T10:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35198"},"modified":"2018-04-20T10:17:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T09:17:38","slug":"six-quick-questions-with-jess-morgan-on-release-of-new-single-whitby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/six-quick-questions-with-jess-morgan-on-release-of-new-single-whitby\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Quick Questions With Jess Morgan On Release Of New Single ‘Whitby’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Norwich singer songwriter Jess Morgan has today released her new single, ‘Whitby’<\/a>. We asked Jess to answer Six Quick Questions for us.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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EP: Hi Jess! We saw you perform in London as support for a-ha<\/em>. How did that come about?<\/b><\/div>\n
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JM: Hi. Great that you could make the gig. It came about because Paul (a-ha<\/em>)’s solo projects happen to work with the same label that I work with. So it was really just a helping hand that the band were willing to extend to some up and coming acts. It’s a rare thing and I feel very lucky that it played out so simply and organically. Usually a band or an artist would have to buy their way onto a tour like that. Sad but true.<\/div>\n
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EP: What have you been doing since then?<\/b><\/div>\n
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JM: Well, I’ve been back to Norway and done s little bit of recording in my favourite studio there. And I’ve been writing.<\/div>\n
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EP: You\u2019ve got a new single, \u2018Whitby<\/a>\"\"\u2019. It’s got more of an indie folk feel that your other releases, we can actually picture ourselves in Whitby…what\u2019s your inspiration for it? It feels decidedly autobiographical? Talk us through it.<\/b><\/div>\n
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JM: Thanks yes, we’ve used a little bit of synth in there. I’ve also been playing more keys and electric guitar on stage lately, and that’s been something I’ve wanted to come out in the recordings too. I think it’s had to do with touring last year with a band and also the double-header shows I did last year too. I’m lucky to have had some of the most encouraging, positive influences I’ve ever had in my musical life around me just recently and I think it’s made me up my game.<\/div>\n
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So Whitby – yeah – It’s about those times when we feel a bit rotten – maybe work is driving us down, or we’d just had a bad day – and we come home and take it out on the people closest to us. I’ve done that. I do that. The Whitby idea just stuck with me because it’s a long way from home for me. It’s somewhere I’ve driven home from so many times, always with the best intentions – but those intentions have quickly dissolved on the doorstep into a bad mood and short temper.<\/div>\n
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