The Lighthouse by Tessa Rose Jackson
These twelve songs are so immensely close to my heart. Written in a family home in France next to a brilliantly spooky graveyard, this is as much an album about death as it is joyfully about life. It allowed me the space and the courage to dig into my feelings about womanhood, growing older, expectations and preconceptions laid on us by society and, of course, mortality. I hope that these songs bring a sense of lightness and optimism to these themes the same way they did for me.
Of course, there are many people I want to thank.
“The Lighthouse” was created with the most brilliant team imaginable. My band travelled with me to the French Basque Country to record the whole thing in two weeks, as a unit. Near the ocean, far from our daily lives and totally tuned into each other. My dear friend Bibian Bingen documented the whole process and will be making a documentary about it - which I will tell you more about in due course.
But for now: give it a listen, sweet people. I hope you like it. ❤️
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Tracklist
| 1. | The Lighthouse | 4:29 |
| 2. | The Man Who Wasn't There | 4:36 |
| 3. | The Bricks That Make The Building | 4:34 |
| 4. | Dawn | 4:29 |
| 5. | Built To Collide | 3:46 |
| 6. | Gently Now | 4:24 |
| 7. | When Your Time Comes | 4:21 |
| 8. | Fear Bangs The Drum | 4:50 |
| 9. | By Morning | 3:06 |
| 10. | Grace Notes | 4:07 |
| 11. | Wild Geese | 5:32 |
| 12. | Prizefighter | 4:23 |
Credits
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Production / Guitar / Vocals - Tessa Rose Jackson
Co-Production / Keys / Backing Vocals - Darius Timmer
Drums - Dan Huijser
Electric Guitar - Kevin van Moorsel
Bass - Dave Wismeijer
String Arrangements / Cello - Sam Rowe
String Section - Phoebe Snelling, Camille Buitenhuis & Kasia Ziminska
Executive Lyric Consultant / Backing Vocals - Benjamin Longman
Manager of Dreams / Tipsy Midnight Bowed Guitar - Henning Dietz
Backing Vocals - Hattie Whitehead, Francois Atlas
Flute - Perrine Feriol
Saxophone - Jean Vernheres
Additional Synth Programming - Pierre Loustaunau
Additional Drums - Chris Dadge
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Produced by Tessa Rose Jackson & Darius Timmer
Recorded at Shorebreaker Studios by Johannes Buff
Mixed by Darius Timmer
Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Studios
