Janet Devlin’s Exclusive Interview With Renowned for Sound
Singer-songwriter Janet Devlin is gearing up to release her new festive EP, entitled December Daze, on Friday, November 27th. Janet Devlin recently caught up with Renowned for Sound, where she spoke with them exclusively about her new EP, her favorite Christmas songs, her second album, and much more! Check out some of the exclusive interview below, but make sure you head over to Renowned for Sound to read the full article.
Tell us about your ‘festive E.P.’, December Daze. How did it come into being? What prompted you to start recording the E.P.?
JD: It all started on my first trip to New York way back in February. The city was covered in a blanket of snow and even the Hudson had frozen over. Whilst walking in central park it got me thinking of how many Christmas movies had been filmed there. I’ve never been the most festive of people in the world and actually to be quite honest I’ve always been a bit of a grinch. Something changed though, I decided that I wanted to go back to my hotel room and start to write a Christmas song and thus the track December Daze was born. From there it quite literally snowballed into writing more festive songs and inevitably deciding that I was going to make a Holiday themed EP.
What are the Christmas songs you listened to as a child? I know you’ve said you’re not the most ‘festive of people’…Do you have any strong Christmas memories that stand out?JD: I listened to all the classics really, so Wizard, Mariah Carey, Wham etc. My all-time favourite though has got to be Fairytale of New York. To this day when either my brother Aaron or I hear it on the radio, we have to call the other and say because to us that is when it’s officially Christmas.
I think one of the memories that stick out for me was one year Santa had brought me an ornate dollhouse. What was special about it was that I’d seen it in the shop window every Saturday when I was out shopping with my mum. Every time we’d pass the shop I’d always be glued to the window looking at it and all of its amazing furniture. So you can just imagine how excited and surprised I was when Santa brought it for me on Christmas day!
You have plans to go back to the studio to record your new album Holy Water. What can you tell us about that album?
JD: I intend to get into the studio as soon as I feel I’ve got a strong body of work that I feel proud of. I’m always in and out of studio writing and recording demos at the minute, but I feel I want to write as much as humanly possible so I have an abundance of choice when it comes to the songs. Holy Water is about the idea of soul cleansing. That you can’t be forgiven for your sins until you admit them to yourself and tell another person. So this album is going to be a very honest one, where I confess my sins to the listeners. It won’t be all dark though!
Tell us something you’ve never told an interviewer before.
JD: I have all of the teletubby teddy bears.
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Janet’s new festive EP, December Daze, on Friday, November 27th. The EP is currently available for pre-order on PledgeMusic. Pre-order your copy today! Janet’s covers EP,Duvet Daze, will also be available digitally on Friday, November 27th in North America.
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