Description

Her new album Lung Bread For Daddy delves even deeper intonbspself sufficiency, seeing Beth take the reigns on production, instrumentation, album artwork and direction of music videos. This project is entirely her own. ldquoI know exactly what I want my record to sound like and apart from drums, I have the ability to play all the instruments, so I didrdquo Houghton states.True to form, the first peak of the new album is thenbspself directednbspvideo Houghton has also made videos for Ezra Furman, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and LUMP for lead single Buddy which also stars a bathtub, 3 bottles of vegetable oil and 37 packets of spaghetti.Lung Bread For Daddy sees a meeting in which Bethrsquos previous two albums, 2015rsquos lsquoWelcome Back To Milkrsquo and her debut lsquoYours Truly, Cellophane Nosersquo, take a seat at the table and make amends. Veering wildly between protopunk, psych rock and the wholesomenbspsong writingnbspof thenbsp1970rsquos, taking the listener on a journey through the landscape of her past. It is an honest and often uncomfortable look into the life of a personnbspwhorsquosnbspexperiencesnbsphave been touched by a myriad of characters, homes across continents, periods of extreme loneliness, mental illness and a search for an understanding of personal identity. ldquoMy lyrics are always autobiographical. I have to be ablenbspidentifynbspwith what Irsquom singing, and telling my story is therapeuticrdquo.Houghtons insatiable thirst for creation on her own terms has seen her take charge of every aspect of Lung Bread For Daddy including the brutalnbspself portraitthat adorns the cover of this record. Painted from a photograph taken during one of her lowest points, the image depicts Beth devoid not only ofnbspmakeup,nbspbutnbspself worthnbspand confidence. ldquoI look tired and pretty much destroyed, which is a feeling Irsquove known many times over in the aftermath of relationships and that of making a record. Lyrically the album is very naked so Irsquom carrying on the nudity of my previous album covers, only this time itrsquos emotional instead of physic Du Blonde LP is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £17