Martha Ffion
Claire McKay, AKA Martha Ffion shares new single Nights to Forget’ the title track from the much-anticipated second album from the Glasgow-based Irish singer-songwriter.
“The song is a reflection on my own negative experience of objectification as a woman, beginning from quite a young age, while also thinking about the wider movements happening,” explains Claire of the genesis of the track ‘Nights to Forget’. “This was the one that first got me experimenting with Garageband and playing around with a more contemporary pop sound.”
The album Nights to Forget is a bold and exciting departure from previous work, embracing her love of envelope-pushing contemporary pop, forgoing the storytelling of debut album Sunday Best in favour of personal reflections on loss, letting go, looking forward and the futility of nostalgia.
Talking about the album Claire explains “Most of it was written the summer after Sunday Best came out. It was an uncharacteristically hot summer by Glasgow standards but I spent most of it holed up in my flat on Garageband. When I would venture out for a walk, I kept bumping into my friend, Dave Frazer and we’d end up chatting about music for ages. I told him about the kind of record I wanted to make – something more fresh and modern – and we decided to give it a go together. I wasn’t tied to any label or timeframe, so we ended up gradually rebuilding and reworking my demos over the course of a year. We mainly worked in his flat, after work or on weekends. Everything was given so much breathing space – it was nice to let each song properly develop in its own time rather than having the pressure of studio deadlines. Deciding when to say it was finished was the hard part.”
