I try and appreciate the magic in the air despite this wonkiness and despair beneath the surface. Memories always flood my mind, every corner is a trigger. There’s a wild old energy about the place. “It’s a kind of love letter to west Cornwall, so it speaks for the whole record in a way.

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It gives me some comfort when I get scared of voicing some hidden part of myself through my own work.” Read More Related Articles How open and fearless she is with feelings and emotions, unleashing vulnerability and strength through musicality. I keep Bjork's work in mind whenever creating gets challenging. Vulnicara in particular breaks my heart every listen. Her individual creative energies just strike me as phenomenal. Mickey said: “During the recent writing and recording sessions I listened to Bjork a lot. It’s affecting mix of dissonance and melody has been informed by a certain Icelandic maverick. Written, recorded and self-produced at home in the converted shed at the bottom of his garden in the wilds of Sancreed, Labyrinth has an overwhelming sense of space and the epic a bit like looking out to sea in a gale. It’s beautiful and unsettling rather like Mickey’s west Cornwall home which has inspired the whole affair. Mickey Smith, of A Blaze of Feather, on stage in Falmouth in 2017 (Image: Brian Robinson)

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