First Light

Sean Taylor

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Release Date: 08 January 2027

Label: Sean Taylor Songs

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 0053517203587

Genres: Folk Acoustic Blues

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'When they buried us, they didn't know we were seeds' (paraphrased quote from Dinos Christianopoulos).
'First Light' is Taylor at his most creative. And yet in contrast the world feels violent, scary and unhinged. This is mirrored by a music industry that is increasingly corporate, conservative and desperate. Venues and festivals are struggling like never before. Taylor's music bears witness to the unfolding apocalypse of climate change, escalating wars and the dominance of the far right.
" 'First Light' arrives as eleven songs that capture how I see the world. I believe in the hope of love and the goodness of people. Title track First Light opens the album and Murmurations closes the album as celebrations of nature. Everything is a gentle love song. Artificial Intelligence paints a brutal picture of a broken society. Britain's Got Talent is my view of our little island. Poverty is a song dedicated to the working class from a working-class troubadour. Little Donny Returns is the second part to my 2017 'Little Donny' for racist crook Donald Trump. In the face of authoritarian oppression, we have an obligation as artists to stand against fascism. Seeds paraphrases the famous quote 'when they buried us, they didn't know that we were seeds' which feels even more relevant today than ever. The Shield is about our addiction (myself included) to our mobile phones.

'First light' is the third album with producer Ben Walker. Of the two covers Taylors says;" All Along The Watchtower, is one of my favourite songs ever written, and Manifiesto which comes from the late- great Chilean songwriter Victor Jara. Manifiesto serves up words of hope and resistance in my north-west London Spanish. Victor Jara was a left-wing songwriter from Chile who was brutally murdered by far-right dictator Augusto Pinochet. Again this feels even more relevant today."
Tracklisting