| Hypoxia | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Kathryn Williams |
| Cover: | Hypoxia album artwork.jpg |
| Released: | 15 June 2015 |
| Label: | One Little Indian |
| Producer: | Ed Harcourt |
| Prev Title: | Crown Electric |
| Prev Year: | 2013 |
| Next Title: | Resonator |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Hypoxia is Kathryn Williams 12th album and was released by One Little Indian on 15 June 2015. The songs were initially conceived as a result of a 2013 writing commission from New Writing North in conjunction with the Durham Book Festival's 50th anniversary celebration of the publication of Sylvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' novel.[1]
Kathryn performed five songs at the festival and completed writing the project whilst touring her 'Crown Electric' release. "So I was writing the songs in Travelodges and on the side of the A1 in between gigs. Those were some dark days with only the sound of the motorway and a Little Chef to drown my sorrows in,"[2]
The Scottish Herald wrote the album was "a collection of rare eloquence and spectacular beauty" with Clash Magazine concluding "By inhabiting and responding to a genuinely significant work of literature, Williams has produced her own spellbinding work of art"[3]
From AllMusic.[4]
From Discogs.[5]
All songs written by Kathryn Williams, except:
Cuckoo written by Ed Harcourt and Kathryn Williams;
Battleships written by Jon Throne, Kathryn Williams, Ben Trigg and David Page;
Part Of Us written by David Saw and Kathryn Williams
Engineered and produced by Ed Harcourt at Rooks Nest.
Mixed by David Isumi Lynch.
Mastered by Denis Blackman at Skye.