{"id":14655,"date":"2021-02-09T20:41:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=14655"},"modified":"2021-02-09T22:10:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T22:10:19","slug":"etherear-pop-artist-leanie-kaleido-announces-new-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/02\/09\/etherear-pop-artist-leanie-kaleido-announces-new-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereal pop artist L\u00e9anie Kaleido announces new LP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UK singer-songwriter L\u00e9anie Kaleido<\/strong><\/a>has announced she will be releasing a new album, entitled ‘How To Weigh A Whale Without A Scale’<\/strong><\/a>, produced by Ride <\/strong>frontman Mark Gardener<\/strong><\/a>at hisOX4 Sound Studio<\/strong><\/a>near Oxford. Gardener also contributes guitar on one track. Ahead of this, she previews the lead track ‘All The Things I’m Made Of’<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No stranger to music, Kaleido grew up in a musical household. Her father Top Topham<\/strong> was the original lead guitarist in The Yardbirds <\/strong>and was signed to Mike Vernon’s Blue<\/strong>Horizon <\/strong>record label as a solo artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this long-play, Kaleido plays lyrically astute, laid-back pop, piano-based ballads with the odd quirky guitar ditty thrown in, showcasing L\u00e9anie\u2019s eccentric look at life. This new release will thrill L\u00e9anie\u2019s existing fans, giving them lashings of melancholia, but peppered with that ever-present tongue-in-cheek commentary that tells you she never has and never will take herself \u2013 or anyone else – seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this third album also cements her as a consistently accomplished songwriter, unbound by the notion of what is \u2018cool\u2019 as she sits back and enjoys the thrill of writing unabashedly from the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00e9anie, who grew up “snogging posters of Ride and wanting to be PJ Harvey”, has, over time, settled into the acceptance that her songs just come out the way they do. \u201cNot especially cool”, she says, \u201cbut I\u2019m really proud of some of my lyrics. Getting \u2018salient verities\u2019 into a song gave me a lot of satisfaction! Now Mark is a really good mate who knows what works best for my songs. And he has the best selection of green tea. I\u2019m now a loose leaf connoisseur, thanks to him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaleido’s 50th year went off with a bang thanks to Gardener’s open-armed invitation to record at his Oxford studio. After four or five sessions throughout the less locked-down parts of 2020, and ten songs later, an album was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The songs on this album represent the highs and lows I\u2019ve encountered over the past few years, how I\u2019ve dealt with them and what I\u2019ve learnt through the process. It\u2019s a mixture of love, regret, philosophies, humour and hope. I\u2019ve always been a late developer, and so this to me feels like a coming-of-age album,” says L\u00e9anie Kaleido<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mark Gardener was determined to make my vocals and lyrics ‘the stars of the show’ and this has steered my sound to something more stripped back and atmospheric. Mark is a top bloke. He made me feel at ease straight away. The anxiety tablets I\u2019d taken with me to stop myself exploding with fear weren\u2019t needed and we got on famously from the start. It was such a laugh recording with someone who once had been the target of my \u2018dribbly poster snogs\u2019 and now is just a really good mate who knows what works best for my songs.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘All The Things I’m Made Of’ is now available as an immediate-gratification download upon ordering her ‘How To Weigh A Whale Without A Scale’ <\/strong>LP. As of March 12, the full album will be released everywhere digitally and will be available across online streaming platforms, including Apple Music<\/strong><\/a> and Spotify<\/strong><\/a>. It can pre-ordered directly from the artist via Bandcamp<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CREDITS \u00a0<\/strong>
L\u00e9anie Kaleido – Vocals, piano, ukulele, strings, drum programming, synth bass
Mark Gardener \u2013 Producer, guitar, bass
Jono Harrison \u2013 Guitar, drum programming, synth bass (Codeine, Kite String Mantra)
Chris Gussman \u2013 Guitar and engineer on \u2018Hat Thief\u2019, engineer on \u2018Mr Dragonfly\u2019
All songs written by L\u00e9anie Kaleido. Copyright @2021
Cover photo by Jono Harrison
Cover created by Sara Truckel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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