Hattie Whitehead has dropped a fantastic new track and music video in the form of ‘Mechanism’. You can feel the influence of jazz and folk greats of the sixties and seventies resonate in her music, with Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake having an impact on her nuanced vocal delivery, and the modernity of Wolf Alice allowing her to incorporate a directness in her delivery. Her upcoming EP has been shaped by the death of her mother, which has imparted a rawness and honesty in her songwriting. “I couldn’t really let people in, and my energy was spent purely on getting through the days. It was the hardest chapter of my life so far, with a constant feeling that I was just about keeping my head above water.” The Mechanism EP drops on November 17th, 2023. -Dan Peeke.