Letts’ new song “Emeralds” premieres today at Rolling Stone. “Emeralds” comes from Letts’ upcoming first LP, Hold Fast, produced by friend and collaborator Marcus Mumford. Hold Fast will be released on February 17, 2015, on Community Music/Vagrant Records. Listen to the song at the link below:
Listen: Letts – “Emeralds” at Rolling Stone
About the recording process, Marcus Mumford noted, “it wasn’t as different as I thought it was going to be because we’re always involved in the production of our records. It just felt like being in the studio with your friends – which we do all the time.”
Letts recalled the completely idyllic sessions, “We were surrounded by some of the most beautiful souls I have ever known. The most scenic and inspiring countryside, better than I could ever paint or imagine. A huge sense of love and trust.”
London-born Christian Letts returned to his native countryside to record his first LP, Hold Fast. Other friends from their respective bands (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Mumford and Sons) joined them at the farm, where, over the course of two consecutive Januaries, they crafted the ten tracks that comprise Hold Fast. The release will coincide with a series of art exhibits of Letts’ paintings and watercolors throughout the United States and Europe. For the full album track-listing, see below.
His first offerings from Hold Fast were “Charles de Gaulle” and “Matches.”
Listen: Letts – “Charles de Gaulle”
Listen: Letts – “Matches”
Letts is a songwriter, singer, painter and sculptor. Across all mediums there is a common theme of overcoming darkness. The sea, the sky, the countryside, the people within and their strengths, weaknesses, successes and failures. Spirits and guardian angels, recurring dreams, the unseen forces that silently sway. He explores himself alongside and within these elements on Hold Fast.
Track Listing
01. The Keeper
02. Charles de Gaulle
03. The Oath
04. Boxing Day
05. Copper Bells
06. La Mer
07. Emeralds
08. Skipping Stones
09. Twenty Seven Arrows
10. Matches
