{"product_id":"long-way-home","title":"Long Way Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"When I was faced with the challenge of writing and recording a new album, I had the choice to stay where I was comfortable, under the sage guidance of a producer or to step out into the dark and produce it myself. It became clear that if I was going to grow in the craft, I needed to become my own lighthouse. So I made the commitment to take on the Producer role. There were a lot of sleepless nights.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriting Long Wave Home, though no less daunting, became a refuge for me—a place to explore interpersonal connections and the rise and fall of emotions that come with relationships. Writing an album can be very agitating, but it’s a discomfort I am comfortable with. What a gift it is to spend my time examining my inner world, my relationships, and from it make music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy life took an unexpected turn in 2025. Many people exited my life... like a bus pulling into the station. Some of these relationships were of great importance, so I had much to wrestle with in these verses. Disconnect, or the illusion thereof, was also fodder for songs—amid the chaos and confusion we are creating in this world, I feel a responsibility to record what I see transpiring among us: what is being done... by whom and to whom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe song titled ‘Caravan’ articulates the risks of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e investing in or relying upon intimate relationships. The title track, ‘Long Wave Home’, addresses a certain estrangement that I believe we are all feeling, as technologies isolate each of us and make connections feel ever more distant. ‘Playground’ is a protest song advocating for the children of Gaza.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecording this album was a road trip and a forage—me and a hard drive in a camper van, pulling into studios up and down England, gathering material. I enlisted engineers Leo Abrahams (at The Shed in London); Jim and Rob Homes (at Empire Sound on the Isle of Wight); Jim Barr (at J\u0026amp;J Studio in Bristol); and Tim Thomas (at Blueprint in Manchester). I brought in Jesse D Vernon to arrange brass and tuned percussion. I brought in Sebastian Rochford on drums, Jon Thorne on bass, and Sam Amidon to play a cast of stringed instruments. Over three weeks, I roved my way through these sessions, gathering performances. I slept under viaducts and ancient oak trees, and I woke to dewy, glistening pastures. I found the best cafés, and I swam in the sea. The sessions felt like discoveries—surprise after surprise—as the musicians and engineers coloured the tunes, each in their own way. With a full hard drive and heart, I returned to Manchester—to Tim Thomas—where we laid out the sessions like bolts of raw material and constructed the album.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong Wave Home is not just a renewal of my commitment to the craft of writing and record-making—it’s a vote of confidence and an investment in myself as an artist and authority over my vocation and life’s path.” – Jesca Hoop, January 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Monorail Music","offers":[{"title":"Oxblood Vinyl LP","offer_id":53463878664534,"sku":"MRM-05103","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/6088\/9430\/files\/91819b45eec86bde37f9079211d4fd7c.avif?v=1778066511","url":"https:\/\/monorailmusic.com\/products\/long-way-home","provider":"Monorail Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}