Sydney Minsky Sargeant signs to Domino and announces debut solo album, Lunga

The 12 songs that mark Lunga were written over a period of years, beginning when Minsky Sargeant (who usually goes by Syd) was a teenager growing up in Todmorden and following a chronology to the present day.

Talking about the album and “I Don’t Wanna”, Minsky Sargeant says: “I’m trying to wear my heart-on-my-sleeve a bit more, these songs come from a search for meaning and understanding. I’m always trying to unpick myself and those around me, the ones I love and loved the most. There were thoughts and feelings that these songs helped me express, address and make sense of.”

At points, Lunga evokes emotions of guilt, loneliness, anger but presents them with a sense of acceptance, the urge for peace from the past and a longing for a new chapter. Sargeant remarks that a ‘Lunga’ for him, and to a greater extent the album itself, “is another way of saying we are all one and the same deep down and that we should try to remember that a little more. In a world that has never felt so scary and polarised, I just hope this album connects with people.”

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. For Your Hand
3. I Don’t Wanna
4. Lisboa
5. Long Roads
6. Summer Song
7. Chicken Wire
8. Hazel Eyes
9. Lunga (Interlude)
10. A Million Flowers
11. How It Once Was
12. New Day