Posthumous Marianne Faithfull EP announced (hear title track)
”As we grieve the loss of Marianne, we are pleased to announce the release of these songs which she worked on during the year before her death,” her son, Nicholas Dunbar, says.
Following her death in January, a new Marianne Faithfull EP has been announced. Burning Moonlight, which was originally intended to be one of this year’s Record Store Day offerings, is due out on June 6 via Decca. Its four songs are inspired by Marianne’s first two albums, and it was produced by Head, with Rob Ellis, Oscar Dunbar, and Andrew Batt. “I’m so happy we found a time when Marianne felt able to write and sing again,” Head says. “When she asked me to produce these songs, we were all aware that her health had made things difficult but, in true Marianne fashion, she persevered, and I think we were able to go in a new direction again – something she always tried to push herself to do throughout her long career.”
Batt adds, “It was so unusual to start your career this way, so we decided to bring the music full circle. One side of the EP would be inspired by her debut pop LP Marianne Faithfull while the flip would honour her folk roots on Come My Way.
The first single is the title track, which was inspired by the opening line of her debut single, “As Tears Go By,” “it is the evening of the day,” Hear it below.
“As we grieve the loss of Marianne, we are pleased to announce the release of these songs which she worked on during the year before her death,” her son, Nicholas Dunbar, says. “Marianne lived to create and perform music – it was her driving force and she never stopped. Right up until the end she was looking forward to this release which now completes and celebrates her remarkable artistic career.”
After completing the recordings, Marianne had said, “It’s a good time to look back. It helps me to remember all the things I’ve done. I can’t say I’m a particularly nostalgic person, but I am enjoying this period of reflection.”
