We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nights To Forget

by Martha Ffion

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £7 GBP  or more

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition 12" baby blue vinyl <3
    Comes with CD & download code. Limited to 300 copies

    Artwork by Douglas Pattison
    Cover can be signed upon request

    Includes a special lyric booklet

    Includes unlimited streaming of Nights To Forget via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 10 days
    edition of 145 

      £18 GBP or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Limited to 200 only. Handstamped CDR in vinyl LP style card wallet with obi strip. Pre-order
    Artwork by Douglas Pattison

    Includes unlimited streaming of Nights To Forget via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 14 days
    edition of 100 

      £12 GBP or more 

     

1.
2.
I know you hoped There would be no more sorrow The priest was a no show So now you’ve got no place left to go Where memories don’t remain Leaving the country won’t make them all go away There’s been a permanent change You’re not the first You won’t be the last Still second guessing Every chance that you had Those superstitions Hard to keep in the past After the fact there’s just no use in taking it bad Art class heart attack He don’t cut the slackers any slack So young - it’s a real shame A good chance to cash in your cliches Cold sweats again You’d do anything for an ordinary day Circumstances so strange You’re not the first You won’t be the last Still second guessing Every chance that you had Those superstitions Hard to keep in the past After the fact there’s just no use in taking it bad I went to the movies alone To try and take my mind off you Nothing’s where it should be I see your face in everything I do I do I do I do, I do, I do You’re not the first You won’t be the last Still second guessing Every chance that you had Those superstitions Hard to keep in the past After the fact there’s just no use in taking it bad
3.
4.
Born again, the first of 6 The days of getting on with it Come, witness the end of pageantry The cult is coming to your street I have seen the cases you carry around I have felt the weight that keeps dragging you down I want you to know You don’t have to do Anything that you don’t want to I’ll keep you closer than an enemy Leave it to me No match for those city kids And you’re still not getting it Devoted to your TV set Sucker for a good card trick I have seen the cases you carry around I have felt the weight that keeps dragging you down I want you to know You don’t have to do Anything that you don’t want to I’ll keep you closer than an enemy Leave it to me I let go a million times Hard when you get left behind Life is great if you are strong I let go, I wanted you to know I want you to know You don’t have to do Anything that you don’t want to I’ll keep you closer than an enemy Leave it to me I want you to know You don’t have to do Anything that you don’t want to I’ll keep you closer than an enemy Leave it to me
5.
6.
Rosaleen 03:07
7.
8.
Universe 04:19
9.
10.

about

"A potent songwriter, whose work is so emphatically nuanced, so wonderfully broad, her new album is a multi-layered, highly textual feast."(CLASH Magazine)

"Creative, intriguing and quickly becoming one of 2020’s most exciting albums." (For The Rabbits)

"Wry bedroom pop" (Uncut Magazine)

'Nights To Forget' is the much-anticipated second album from Scottish Album of the Year Award nominated Glasgow-based Irish singer-songwriter Claire McKay, AKA Martha Ffion. Set for release on August 14, 2020 on 12” vinyl and via digital platforms, it’s a bold and exciting departure from her previous work, embracing Claire’s love of envelope-pushing contemporary pop, forgoing the storytelling of her debut album Sunday Best in favour of personal reflections on loss, letting go, looking forward and the futility of nostalgia. The album is preceded by the singles ‘After the Fact’ and ‘Want You To Know’, both of which are available to stream and share now.

Produced by Dave Frazer and recorded at his home studio in Glasgow, 'Nights to Forget' finds Claire pondering on everything from politics, feminism and depression to David Attenborough, and channelling her love of artists from St. Vincent and Roisin Murphy to Anderson .Paak and Grimes, on a mission to make a record that she wanted to hear, rather than a record that felt like an obvious follow-on from its predecessor.

'Nights To Forget' has been supported by the Momentum Music Fund. Momentum is managed by the PRS Foundation, with support from PPL, Creative Scotland, the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Government, the
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Invest NI and Spotify.

credits

released August 14, 2020

(UPDATE 8.06.2020 - £315.75 donated so far)

Half of profits from physical sales will be donated to organisations doing important work to tackle injustice and challenge discrimination in Ireland and Scotland:

www.masi.ie
www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk




All songs composed by Claire M F McKay


Performed by Claire M F Mckay and Dave Frazer

Featuring Pete MacDonald (trombone) & Ali Hendry (trumpet) on tracks V & VI

Beth Chalmers (backing vocals) on track VI


Produced & Mixed by Dave Frazer, at 16 Camphill Avenue, Glasgow and Gran’s House Studio, Lamington.

Additional engineering by Ronan Fay at Green Door Studios, Glasgow.

Mastered by Paul Savage at Chem19 studio, Blantyre.



Artwork by Douglas Pattison

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Martha Ffion Glasgow, UK

Martha Ffion is the musical project of Claire Martha Ffion McKay.

Her debut album, ‘Sunday Best’ was long-listed for 2018’s Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) prize.

Her second album, 'Nights To Forget', released on Lost Map Records in August 2020, saw McKay experiment with a more contemporary pop soundscape. It was championed on 6 Music by the likes of Lauren Laverne and Gideon Coe.
... more

contact / help

Contact Martha Ffion

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Martha Ffion recommends:

If you like Martha Ffion, you may also like: