Hello, the music video for Lapwings is out today! Featuring calming seas, birds and yours truly 🌊🐧🤚🏼
Watch it above or by clicking here. Remember to hit subscribe on YouTube for more video content in the coming weeks and months.
Listen to Lapwings on streaming services here and make sure you’ve hit save and follow on Spotify 🙌🏼
My new single Lapwings is out NOW! Available to listen on Spotify / Apple Music / your other preferred streaming services at https://ffm.to/hilangchildlapwings.
It’s felt like a long time coming for me and I’m so happy to finally be sharing new music with you. Lapwings is just the start. Many people who know me know that I’m a dweeby birdwatcher and this song celebrates the tranquility of being alone in remote places watching the birds, and more broadly it’s about just having a “thing” which brings you peace when you need to feel grounded, whatever that “thing” is for you (let me know!). It’s the first in a string of new releases from me; I spent a good while over the past couple of years re-assessing what I wanted from HC, re-discovering what I love about playing music, exploring other things and playing with other musicians and I kept coming back to that addictive feeling of just doing what you do because it’s fun and you’re doing it for the love, rather than being hung up on how it comes across to others, or what you’re trying to achieve. I feel like this song and the direction of the rest of the new songs I’ll be releasing over the coming months reflects that and I’m really excited to get it out.
Big love to everyone involved in creating this track with me: Will Bloomfield (co-producer), Rittipo (saxophone), Lucci Rossi (mix engineer), Studio Adfail (artwork), Willem Olenski (photography) and Joe Thorpe at Brighton Electric (studio engineer).
A huge thank you to PRS Foundation and Help Musicians for helping to fund what I’ve been working on. Can’t wait to share more; make sure you’re following on Spotify, socials and my mailing list to keep updated 🐧🌊 xx
🚨 NEW SONG ALERT 🚨 “Lapwings” comes out on Friday 8th September 2023, ushering in the new Hilang Child. It’s my first proper new music in a few years and I can’t wait to finally share this with you.
Pre-save Lapwings at https://ffm.to/hilangchildlapwings
Make sure you’re following on streaming services, social media or my mailing list to keep up to date! See you Friday x
I’m delighted to have contributed an exclusive track to EarthPercent’s Earth Day compilation this year, alongside 60+ inspiring artists including Brian Eno, Coldplay, Nile Rodgers, Anna Calvi, Hinako Omori, Helen Ganya and many many more. You can now buy it on Bandcamp and help us raise funds for climate action!
My contribution is an exclusive ambient re-work of “Seen The Boreal” from my 2021 album Every Mover, perfect for your meditation time, yoga classes, studying or relaxing to. The money you spend on the track (or the full Compilation Album) will go to EarthPercent’s Grant Giving Fund, supporting organisations across the globe on the forefront of fighting the climate crisis 🍃
Each track and the album are only available until May 6th 2023 - buy it now and help our collective cause. You can stream or purchase the track HERE
Photo by Willem Olenski
Artwork by Raissa Pardini
I’m very excited and incredibly grateful to have been awarded the PRS Foundation Open Fund for Music Creators to support working on my new music. Huge, huge thank you to PRS Foundation for the award, it’ll help make the next chapters of Hilang Child the best they can be. Find out more at www.prsfoundation.com.
The new songs are in full swing, currently being mixed and more news will be shared soon xxx
It feels like a while since I’ve given a meaningful Hilang Child update. I’ve been working on new material and gathering what will hopefully become a new album, but to be honest the process is taking slightly longer than I hoped because of various life commitments, problems sleeping, losing our studio, house moves, illness, aborted projects, burnout, reconnecting, attempts to be more present, basically a whole number of trials and tribulations getting in the way. I’m excited about what I’m working on but it’s very easy to let it become a vicious circle of feeling frustrated at the time it’s taking + the frustration making it take longer.
But I’ve been able to take some time out recently to just stop and escape and reflect from the outside and have had a few experiences, encounters and opportunities lately that are helping spur on those creative moments when they hit. They genuinely are hitting and I’m once again excited about what comes next.
I’m hoping to have some updates for you soon on new music, but in the meantime I’ve had a lot of fun just getting out and doing the thing where it all began for me: playing drums with other artists. I’ve had a killer time playing at the festivals this summer with Bessie Turner and I’ve also been recording drums under an alter-ego, Teddy Edwards, for an exciting new duo named Jesse & Bill. BBC 6 Music listeners recently got a sneak first listen to their currently-unreleased debut single which will be out on Harbour Masters Records in early September.
I promise there’ll be new Hilang Child soon. We’re getting close x
My longtime pal Paul Thomas Saunders has just released “Heartlands” featuring yours truly on backing vocals, as well as announcing his long awaited second album via SevenFourSevenSix. The single is available now on all streaming platforms!
Here’s us with The Staves in Dublin a few years ago, we played a very, very early version of that song at this show. x
Had a lot of fun on drums for the great Bessie Turner at her recent live shows. I’ll be back on the road with Bessie this summer for festival season, including Latitude, Victorious Festival, Standon Calling and more. x