With 2020 debut ‘Return’ and 2022’s ‘Sound of the Morning,’ Katy J Pearson quickly became one of the UK’s most promising Indie-folk artists. Boasting a truly singular voice and first-rate gift for melody, those first two albums revealed a songwriter of rare confidence from the get-go. It’s interesting to now learn that Pearson had been actually avoiding big pop hooks due to a disappointing run-in with a major label at the beginning of their career.
Those lush numbers that had rightly garnered acclaim were still holding back from something even more attention-grabbing and ear worm-esque. Not anymore. ‘Someday, Now’ boasts ten dazzling indie-pop tracks with the shackles off, all co-produced by Nathan Jenkins, aka Bullion, whose previous credits include Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Howard, and Nilüfer Yanya.
Taking some time off from music to recharge her creative batteries with some solo travel, Pearson returned with a sense of clarity regarding her next release. Holing up in Rockfield Studios in Wales and joined by a handpicked band made of Heavenly label-mates, album number three sees the songwriter at their most intimate yet adventurous. Often utilising 80’s pop sonics to sugar the pill, ‘Someday, Now’ is as infectious as it is vulnerable, as danceable as it is forlorn.
If ‘Tango..’ era Fleetwood Mac had been making music in 2024, it wouldn’t be a stretch to hear it sounding like this.
— — Firstly, everything sounds gorgeous. While her first two .