Newcastle-based musician ERNIE announces his debut EP, Cold Cuts

""Awfully Strange" is me, singing about my childhood best mate’s perception of me, aged seventeen. Around that time, in response to a traumatic experience, I was drinking heavily and partying a lot and was having pretty regular bouts of psychosis. I was all over the shop, my mental health was in tatters and my mates were often left picking up the pieces," ERNIE explains about his new single, which features guest vocals from IMOGEN.

"I'd come out the other end of these episodes feeling so ashamed and like a total outsider amongst my seemingly healthy and happy mates... there was still a load of scepticism and a negative stigma around poor mental health among young lads back then as well so I just felt totally alienated."

The track was produced byJosh Ingledew alongside Thom Lewis (Sam Fender), and mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Catherine Marks (Foals, The Killers, Wolf Alice).

Marking the follow-up to his second single "Hold Yr Horses", ERNIE’s latest offering arrives after a run of dates supporting US artist Runnner, with his own live activity set to ramp up further throughout the autumn, including his debut hometown headline show at Star & Shadow Cinema on 3 November.

Tracklist:

1. Caught In The Rain
2. Hold Yr Horses
3. Awfully Strange
4. Staying Up
5. Pink Headaches