Wildfires: Vinyl 3LP

‘Wildfires’, the sixth studio album from English singer-songwriter Polly Paulusma, is out on February 28th. Across nearly two hours and six sides of vinyl, folk instrumentation is peppered with spoken-word poetry prologues amid sounds from caves and rivers. Its artful presentation is the hallmark of producer Ethan Johns (Ray Lamontagne / Laura Marling / Ryan Adams), as such, it presents a step change in Paulusma’s until now largely autonomous catalogue. 

“Outstanding” The Telegraph 

“Complete, pure and personal” MOJO 

“Enchanting understated, intelligent folk pop” Rolling Stone 

Polly Paulusma bares all amidst a collection of textured acoustic guitars and rich, layered melodic flourishes. ‘Wildfires’ is mellow and cozy in its production, but its honesty is bittersweet – an intimate and reflective rumination on love’s many guises, the easy parts as well as the hard. As always, Paulusma’s articulate and emotive lyrics, and her ability to convey the deepest vulnerability with vivid, sometimes nostalgic, imagery is astounding here. The LP, as filled with delicate earworms as it is with expressive poetry, burns slowly but no less fiercely, and like love, it can be gentle, it can envelope one completely, and occasionally it can be heart-wrenching. 

Tracklist:

1. Prologue to Paper Cathedral
2. Paper Cathedral
3. Prologue to Mary Louise
4. Mary Louise
5. Prologue to Red Flags
6. Red Flags
7. Prologue to Dunstable Downs
8. Dunstable Downs
9. Prologue to Over and Over
10. Over and Over
11. Prologue to O! My America
12. O! My America
13. Prologue to Eyes on the Road
14. Eyes on the Road
15. Prologue to Wild Swimming
16. Wild Swimming
17. Prologue to Cabin in the Woods
18. Cabin in the Woods
19. Prologue to Scars
20. Scars
21. Prologue to Last Night I Had A Dream
22. Last Night I Had A Dream
23. Prologue to Mad Girl’s Love Song #2
24. Mad Girl’s Love Song #2
25. Prologue to Throw Me To The Dogs
26. Throw Me To The Dogs
27. Prologue to What You Waiting For
28. What You Waiting For
29. Prologue to Tip of my Tongue
30. Tip of My Tongue
31. Prologue to Long Goodbye
32. Long Goodbye
33. Prologue to May Day
34. May Day
35. Prologue to You Are Everything
36. You Are Everything
37. Prologue to Tiny Little Things
38. Tiny Little Things