Kathryn Williams announces 15th studio album, Mystery Park

The new single, "Personal Paradise", released alongside a video by Emma Holbrook, was born from a playful idea sparked during a poet-led writing session. “Its imagery came originally from the fact that my old dog Lucy (my Westie, seen on the Dog Leap Stairs cover and this album) used to bark at the back fence. It made me think that if she was inside the garden of Eden or in heaven, would she bark at me on the other side?”

The songs on Mystery Park are made in the quiet margins of motherhood and memory, written over time, and recorded in close creative communion with trusted collaborators; Leo Abrahams (guitar, piano, bass, vocals), Neill MacColl (guitar, vocals), Polly Paulusma (guitar, vocals), Chris Vatalaro (drums), Ed Harcourt (piano, mariachi bass, vocals), David Ford (harmonica), and Paul Weller (Hammond organ, vocals).

“This is the most personal record I’ve made,” says Williams. “The artwork is my own painting, based on the willow pattern from my grandmother’s tea sets. Each part of it ties into the songs - a map of memories.”

Tracklist:

1. Thoughts of My Own
2. Goodbye to Summer
3. Gossamer Wings
4. Tender
5. This Mystery
6. Sea of Shadows
7. Move Me
8. Personal Paradise
9. Knew You Forever
10. Sunsets
11. Servant of the Flame