Freya Hollick

After releasing the Real World in 2022, and enjoying what followed that album's release, I began conversations with Jack Ladder about the prospect of recording my next album. 

I have long held an idea that I wanted to create a country album for contemporary times. And figured that Jack was the perfect candidate for the job. 

I have written an album of songs which I feel are the best songs I have ever created. They span themes to do with reincarnation, agoraphobia, mental health relapse, interdimensional existences, breakups, heartache (of course) and daydreaming about my friends finding fame in the captalist nightmare. 

The idea is to blend together the sound of the 80s pop ballad banger with the traditional hallmarks of country music. 

I feel like I've been talking about this album for so long, and it's time I make it a reality... with your help!

Over the course of the past 3 years I have applied for numerous grants in the interest of funding this project. Intermittently recording singles in the interum to keep my audience interested in the art that I have been making. 

With each passing rejection for funding, I felt like I was getting further and further away from making this album a possibility. 

If you have been following my music for a while, you'll know that I am a prolific writer, I pen songs most weeks, and have numerous albums worth of material sitting in waiting for a time when I can afford to record a whole album. With the rising cost of living, and being a working single parent, any time I have felt close in the past few years to having the money to begin recording, inevitably something happens, and the dream gets put on hold again, in place of just day to day stuff, and supporting my daughter. 

Realistically the cost of making albums is getting to the point of insanity, when it comes to what musicians get paid, and asking for the help of fans and friends is not something I'm really that fond of doing, yet here we are!

The contributions that you make to this campaign will go directly into paying for studio time, hiring Jack Ladder to record, produce and play on the record, and to cover some of the fees associated with hiring in session musicians. 

8k is a drop in the ocean of what the complete process will likely cost, but it will give me the leg up I need to start the process. 

The intent of the album is to keep it as DIY as possible between Jack and myself. Honing in on our combined talents to create something different, engaging and hopefully innovative.