Glasgow’s Carla J Easton teams up with Honeyblood on new single ‘WEIRDO’.

Glasgow’s CARLA J EASTON

teams up with HONEYBLOOD

on new single WEIRDO

New album ‘WEIRDO’ out next weekvia Olive Grove Records

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‘WEIRDO’, a defiant pop album written over the course of a year spent sofa-surfing by Scottish artist Carla J Easton (TeenCanteen), is set to be released on August 28th on Olive Grove Records. 

Following on from the critically acclaimed ‘Impossible Stuff’, which was shortlisted for Scottish Album of The Year 2019, Easton set to work writing and recording ‘WEIRDO’ with the help of Scott Paterson (Sons and Daughters) in CHVRCHES old basement studio in Glasgow.

The pair met and became friends whilst playing in the live band for The Vaselines 2019 tour and began writing together after playing at The Boaty Weekender by Belle and Sebastian – a festival on a cruise ship around the Mediterranean. Collaboration is a key feature of Easton’s work, the album features appearances from Honeyblood’s Stina Tweeddale, Micah Erenberg and Dave Hook (Solareye, Stanley Odd), though the result is always a sound that is uniquely Easton’s own. These are songs you’ll hear one day and still be humming a week later. Dreamy, lush and inescapable.

Title-track ‘WEIRDO’ sees Easton team up with Scottish powerhouse Honeyblood for an anthemic ode to weirdness.  “I’ve often been told I am weird – like that’s a derogatory word,” says Easton.  “Let’s be clear – normal doesn’t exist. The things that make me weird are the things that make me, me.” WEIRDO melodically swirls over big beats and bassy synths, Easton a “cherry bomb exploding in a messy situation” and realising she can fly away. The title-track neatly sums up many of the album’s key themes. This is a pop record for misfits and with ‘WEIRDO’, the self-proclaimed ‘DIY Princess of Pop’ is stepping up to claim her throne. PRE-ORDER LINK: https://carlajeaston.bandcamp.com/album/weirdoPRAISE FOR CARLA J EASTON‘Her boldest pop broadcast yet’ – ★★★★ THE SCOTSMAN‘Orchestral blowout’ – THE GUARDIAN‘Bold, direct, and distinctly Scottish, a remarkable return, one that revels in idiosyncrasy.’ – CLASH MAGAZINE ‘Pop at its most pure, both escapist and celebratory’ – AESTHETICA MAGAZINE