NewsThe Anchoress / As We Once Were
New studio album
The Anchoress, aka Catherine Anne Davies, will release her third studio album, As We Once Were, in August. This is the follow-up to the brilliant The Art of Losing, one of SDE’s favourite albums of 2021.
Talking about the new album, Davies told the NME that “So much of this record was born out of the early years of my daughter’s life, and I really wanted to collect together and call out all of the clichés, stereotypes and dumb shit that people say to women who’ve had babies that I had encountered myself”.
That explains the title of the first single, ‘I Had a Baby Not a Labotomy’, which features Gwenno (you can preview below).
Promisingly, Davies also said that “Having access to Townshend Studios and Pete’s collection of vintage analogue synthesisers was a huge part of shaping that sound”.
The album is available on CD and 2LP vinyl (side 4 is etched). There are also special editions available via The Anchoress’ Bandcamp page.
As We Once Were is released on 7 August 2026 via Last Night in Glasgow (the tracklisting is not available at the time of writing)
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By Paul Sinclair
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