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RELEASE NEWS / VIDEO : MARTYNA WREN -EP, THE COLLECTOR
“Coming
Up For Air) is a genuine contender for song of the year” - Beth Neilsen
Chapman; US singer/songwriter
“An
incredible voice”- Richard Allinson - BBC Radio 2
“Martyna’s
voice has a satin quality to it. Rich and warm. She sings words not notes which
is what makes her such an honest interpreter of the lyric. I believe every word
she sings” - Jon Vezner, Grammy Award winning songwriter, honoured by
the Country Music Association (CMA) and Academy of Country Music (ACM)
“Writing
with Martyna was a pure pleasure! Then, to hear that silky smooth voice sing it
back to you. . . . .heavenly!” - Don Henry – Grammy Award winning
songwriter
Acclaimed
British singer songwriter, Martyna Wren follows up her recent single ‘Bigger
Things’ with brand new EP, ‘The Collector’ (iTunes) released 7 June.
With
a nod to her influences & peers, including Carole King, Carly Simon, Bonnie
Raitt, Sarah McLachlan and Alison Krauss, and numerous live tours under her
belt, Wren weaves her ‘ supremely rare kind of voice’ (BBC Radio 2) through
five uplifting and deeply personal songs on ‘The Collector’.
Published on June 7, 2019 The Collector
(Official Video):
Release
Date: 7 June 2019
Label:
Wrenegade Music Ltd
Total
Length: 20:23
5 Tracks
5 Tracks
Genres:
Indie & Alternative
Opener,
and title track ‘The Collector’ sets the mood, ruminating on how
our past collected experiences can often seed our feelings today, how we can
easily be set spinning backwards by the memory of a deep-rooted event in our
personal history, sparked by a careless word from others. However, the message
remains a positive one, celebrate your imperfections, turn up and be proud of
who you are.
While
‘Bigger Things’ touches on never giving up and maintaining
self-belief, ‘Coming Up For Air’ is the highly emotive song that
sparked the EP. Martyna says, “this was written when my mum was suddenly
diagnosed with Stage 4 terminal cancer. It’s about leaning into faith (whatever
that looks like for you) and the love of those around you when your world gets
shaken. You are never alone, even when you may feel your most isolated. The
thing that struck me the most was that my brave mum didn’t pray for the illness
to be miraculously taken, she prayed to have the strength to handle whatever
was ahead of her with grace”.
Closing
track, ‘Build Your World’ reminds listeners it’s never too late
to make changes, it channels a quote by Glennon Melton-Doyle, ‘You can’t miss
your boat. It’s yours. It stays docked till you’re ready. The only boat you can
miss is someone else’s.
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Martyna Wren is
an acclaimed British singer songwriter (hails from Milton Keynes), having
toured both nationally and internationally, including support slots for Paul
Carrack, Jools Holland and specially requested appearances for Sir Michael
Parkinson and Sir Tim Rice. Now this accomplished artist releases the
single ‘Bigger Things’ off her forthcoming EP ‘The
Collector’.
Martyna is no stranger to working
with campaigns to help survivors of life slings and arrows and indeed her
recordings are empathic as well as healing in their message – she has
previously recorded a cover of ‘Sound of Silence’ for the award-winning National
Avon Campaign against Domestic Violence. She has also written and recorded
vocals for national and international producers including Downton Abbey’s John
Lunn.
