JOSHUA SCARRATT announces debut EP 'Riding through the desert of my dreams' & shares new single 'Hold Me'
JOSHUA SCARRATT announces debut EP 'Riding through the desert of my dreams', arriving May 16th
Second single 'Hold Me' out today (Jan 29th)
Featuring Fat Dog, Fat White Family, Crack Cloud, Ulrika Spacek & Fast Money Music collaborators
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Joshua Scarratt - Hold Me
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Indie newcomer Joshua Scarratt announces debut EP ‘Riding through the desert of my dreams’, set for release May 16th, and shares brand new offering ‘Hold Me’, out today (January 29th).
The follow-up to autumn debut single ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Mind’, which attracted both Apple Music (Matt Wilkinson) and Radio X (John Kennedy) support, ‘Hold Me’ further showcases Scarratt’s return to musicianship. Having spent the last 11 years promoting artists, Joshua found as the years went by a greater neglect to all forms of artistic practice and succumbing to an intense love/hate relationship with his first instrument the guitar had really taken hold. The outward performance of life looked pretty full, but internally, Joshua found his mental health at an all-time low following the experiences of isolation during the pandemic years.
Life required a simpler setting or set of circumstances with an emphasis on a return to being artistic and writing music. The key component of this was sobriety, which led quickly to reconnecting to music, film and books in an intense but healthy manner.
Detailing his second single release, Scarratt revealed: “‘Hold Me’ is for the single people out there searching for connection in all the wrong places. You may not know it, but around and around we go. “Hold Me” is also a cry for help and the endurance of repetition. It is the outward performance of life, whether through social media or your own misguided perception of the self.
I wrote this song originally in 2014, so when I revisited the music and the lyrics in October 2023, it was somewhat confronting. The discovery that not much had really changed and yet it all felt like things had really accelerated. I wrote new lyrics and adapted them to contextualise the song for where I found myself at the end of 2023.
The repeated intro in verse 2 is deliberate - it isn’t out of sheer laziness, it is to highlight the mental obsession one can find themselves in repeating routines which don’t serve them. Also, it’s a nod to some of my favourite pop songs growing up.”
Performing on the EP alongside Scarratt is primarily collaborator Nick Hinman (Fast Money Music), as well as musicians Gamaliel Rendle Traynor on cello (Fat Dog, Fat White Family, Crack Cloud) and Callum Brown on drums (Ulrika Spacek).
Arriving alongside news of a debut headline show at Elephant’s Head, London on March 13th, Joshua Scarratt’s ‘Hold Me’ is out now and available on all digital platforms.
‘Riding through the desert of my dreams’ (EP) Tracklist
01 - Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
02 - Summer of 21
03 - Hide Away
04 - Hold Me
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Live Dates
13th March - Elephant’s Head, Camden, London
