Beth Rowley has been away from the music industry since her Top 10 album Little Dreamer.<\/p>\n
In her time away she’s starred in An Education with Carey Mulligan, and has been hard at work on new music. Her latest release is an EP called Wretched Body.<\/p>\n
We caught up with Beth to find out more about her time away from the industry, talk about her new music and discuss her acting plans.<\/p>\n
Hi Beth. How are you today? Where does this email Q&A find you?<\/strong><\/p>\n It finds me in a room sitting on a red sofa. Very well and hot.<\/p>\n You\u2019re returning to the charts with new EP Wretched Body. Tell us about the release.<\/strong><\/p>\n The release was Monday the 8th. It\u2019s the first of three EP\u2019s, which I have been working on the last year or so. I\u2019m very excited about it.<\/p>\n It\u2019s been a few years since your album Little Dreamer. Why did you decide to take your time with a follow-up?<\/strong><\/p>\n I didn\u2019t have the songs I liked, up until now. I have been working on it for quite a while so it was nice to not have the pressure from anybody. My priority was that I had songs that I was really proud of and could give to anyone and it was worth waiting for.<\/p>\n Are you nervous about having left a gap between releases as the industry moves so fast these days?<\/strong><\/p>\n Not really. As soon as you start to engage yourself in industry timing, you start to put pressure on yourself and your focus goes off the music.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the plan post-Little Dreamer? Do you have a new album in the works?<\/strong><\/p>\n This EP is part of three. I decided instead of releasing an album to release three EPs. I have chosen to release them a couple months apart to break up the whole album process\/structure. It is a tried and tested way of releasing music but I wanted to do things different, it spreads out the process; which is nice in this day and age. You have to have so much in place on a big scale to be able to do a tour these days, which is great if you do have that but if you don\u2019t have that there is a lot to gain from breaking it up and trying new routes to releasing music.<\/p>\n What are you like in the studio? Give us a little insight into your writing and recording process.<\/strong><\/p>\n The studio has always been a challenge for me, as I prefer performing live so much. The recording process is like the cherry on top of everything else. The performance aspect I love more and the recording process is a necessity. The writing process has become enjoyable again. I used to struggle with it because I did not like to have to cut up my poetry and my writing was just for the sake of writing a song it was not a natural thing but now it comes naturally to me. There is no pressure, taking my time, takes away any expectancy.<\/p>\n What artists have been inspiring you over the last few months?<\/strong><\/p>\n Nick Cave, Carol Dalton, Mary J Blige, Daughter and King Cruel.<\/p>\n When can fans see you on the road playing live?<\/strong><\/p>\n Two initial gigs, this week. There\u2019s going to be more gigs in August and then equally after each EP there\u2019s going to be quite a bit of touring, around the UK.<\/p>\n You appeared in the hit movie An Education. Do you have any plans to do any more acting?<\/strong><\/p>\n Definitely would be up for it. Since this EP has come out I have met people who are keen. There have been conversations and projects that I\u2019ve been told about. You never know, I am definitely up for it. We will see, I\u2019m happy to get my music out there first and see what happens.<\/p>\n What are your hopes for your new music? What would you like to achieve before the year is out?<\/strong><\/p>\n I would like to have three EPs out and released. I would like to be touring. I would like to be building up my fans, interacting, meeting new people. When you wait a long time, it is true people do wonder what has happened. I am looking forward to re-engaging with my fans.<\/p>\n Beth\u2019s latest EP Wretched Body is out now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We chat to the singer-songwriter about her new EP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[7162],"yoast_head":"\n