Katherine Priddy Instore & Signing (Matinee)

*Additional perfomance added!* We're excited to announce that, due to demand, Katherine has agreed to add a matinee performance when she comes to see us in February. All original tickets remain valid and are not transferable.

Please note, as this event takes place prior to the album release, albums won't be available for signing but there will be a zine designed by Katherine herself available to sign on the day. Records/CDs will be available for collection or delivery after 6th March.

We’re delighted to welcome Katherine Priddy to Applestump Records for a very special intimate in-store performance, celebrating the release of her brand new album, These Frightening Machines.

Known for her beautifully understated songwriting, haunting melodies and poetic lyricism, Katherine has quickly become one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary folk. Speaking about These Frightening Machines, Priddy shared: “If the first album was for building a foundation, and the second album was about reinforcing what I’d already begun, the third album felt to me like a chance to be bolder, push out and try something new.”

Produced by Rob Ellis (P J Harvey, Anna Calvi, Marianne Faithfull, Bat for Lashes) and recorded at The Glaucus House, Middle Farm Studios in rural Devon, These Frightening Machines was written over the course of a year as Priddy made the transition from her 20s to her 30s. She consciously kept an open mind during the making of the album, focussed purely on being creative, and determined to let the songs find their own form.

“At its core,” added Priddy, “I think These Frightening Machines explores the ever shifting relationship I have with my sense of self as a woman, my body and my place in the world as a 30 year old artist – but I’d like to think that whilst the songs are born from personal experience, the feelings expressed are widely relatable.”

The most sonically varied of her career, the songs on Priddy’s new album span a full spectrum of emotions from anger and despair to hope, longing and lust, from reclaiming the voices of women silenced by history, to expressing solidarity and love, to confronting illness, disconnection, the vulnerability and importance of relationships, and the general ache of growing older and not always wiser. They explore what it means to keep going when things fall apart, to hold onto connections in a world that sometimes divides, and to figure out where we fit into the machines and systems we find ourselves a part of..

Notable guests on These Frightening Machines include American singer/songwriter Torres who duets on “Madeleine”, and Richard Walters who duets on “I’m Always Willing”. Revered, alt folk multi-instrumentalist Ben Christophers (Natasha Khan, Guy Garvey and many more) features on most of the album’s tracks. 

This in-store show offers a rare chance to experience Katherine’s new songs up close in a stripped-back setting, exactly how they’re meant to be heard, all performed in the warm, intimate surroundings of the shop.

Spaces will be limited, so early booking is strongly recommended. A must-see event for fans of thoughtful, heartfelt songwriting and anyone keen to discover one of the UK’s most compelling folk artists.