Hypoxia (album)

For the Projected album, see Projected.

Hypoxia
Studio album by Kathryn Williams
Released	15 June 2015
Label	One Little Indian
Producer	Ed Harcourt
Kathryn Williams chronology
Crown Electric (2013) Hypoxia (2015) Resonator (2016)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Irish Times
Louder Than War

Hypoxia is Kathryn Williams tenth album and was released by One Little Indian on 15 June 2015. The songs were initially conceived as a result of a 2013 writing commission from New Writing North in conjunction with the Durham Book Festival's 50th anniversary celebration of the publication of Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' novel. ^[1]

Kathryn performed five songs at the festival and completed writing the project whilst touring her 'Crown Electric' release. "So I was writing the songs in Travelodges and on the side of the A1 in between gigs. Those were some dark days with only the sound of the motorway and a Little Chef to drown my sorrows in," ^[2]

The Scottish Herald wrote the album was "a collection of rare eloquence and spectacular beauty" with Clash Magazine concluding "By inhabiting and responding to a genuinely significant work of literature, Williams has produced her own spellbinding work of art" ^[3]

Track listing

From AllMusic. ^[4]

• Electric
• Mirrors
• Battleships
• Cuckoo
• Beating Heart
• Tango With Marco
• When Nothing Meant Less
• The Mind Is Its Own Place
• Part Of Us

Personnel

From Discogs. ^[5]

• Kathryn Williams: vocals and guitar
• Ed Harcourt: piano, drums, harmonium, vocals, optigan, organ, pedal made soundscape stuff, toy piano and guitar.
• David Page: guitar, electric guitar, vocals.
• Jon Thorne: double bass, electric bass.
• Neill Maccoll: guitar and pedal soundscape stuff.

Recording details

All songs written by Kathryn Williams, except:

Cuckoo written by Ed Harcourt and Kathryn Williams;

Battleships written by Jon Throne, Kathryn Williams, Ben Trigg and David Page;

Part Of Us written by David Saw and Kathryn Williams

Engineered and produced by Ed Harcourt at Rooks Nest.

Mixed by David Isumi Lynch.

Mastered by Denis Blackman at Skye.

References

1. Rogers, Jude (14 June 2015). "Kathryn Williams: 'Sylvia was a big shadow over my writing'". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. Sam Wonfor (2 July 2015). "Kathryn Williams' latest album Hypoxia was inspired by Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar". journallive.
3. "Kathryn Williams - Hypoxia". Clash Magazine. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
4. "Kathryn Williams | Hypoxia, AllMusic Review by Timothy Monger". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
5. "Kathryn Williams - Hypoxia". Discogs. Retrieved 22 March 2016.