Clara Mann - Wishbone

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Due for Release 23th October 2026 via The state51 Conspiracy CD / Std Black LP / Ltd Dinked Edition No. 433 LP Dinked Exclusives:Transparent with Gold Smoke vinylSigned A4 sheet mu sic booklet, featuring a piano and vocal score for ‘The Izaak Walton Hotel’ & guitar tab for ‘Go Getter’Folded A2 Wishbone film posterLimited pressing of 300 Clara Mann’s luminous new album, Wishbone, is built on contrast; the brightest passages made legible by shadow, as Mann strove to picture a beautiful life and then to allow herself to want it, with absolute vulnerability. Leaning deliberately into the songwriting tradition, Mann reached for the rough-edged, performance-driven spirit of artists like Fiona Apple and Tom Waits; while keeping faith with an older lineage of plainspoken English balladry. With the folk singer’s instinct for letting air move through a song and trusting a melody to carry without ornament, the songs across the new album resist the costume-drama pieties of revivalism. The ballad here is a living form; a way of telling the truth, at a slight angle. Produced by 4AD resident Fabian Prynn, Mann was also joined by guitarist Kit Mosely, double bassist Marianne Schofield, as well as Owen Spafford on viola, Martin Egidi on cell and Tennessee Woodiel on banjo. The album shimmers without dilution; beautiful and bright with grounding intention, a product of the collaborative approach to the recordings. For Fans Of: Billie Marten, Aldous Harding, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Natalie Wildgoose, Yoshika Colwell Tracklisting:Side A:FortunaGo GetterWishboneI’m Everyone Who’s Ever Said I Love YouThe Izaac Walton HotelSide B:OblivionNews From HomeAll My DevotionConnie’s SongSong For JoyVideo Games Show more