Lucy
Spraggan is in a good place and wants to share it with the
world. Lucy will release her fifth studio album Today
Was A Good Day on May 3rd via Cooking Vinyl. Her latest
single, "Lucky
Stars," is currently available.
Lucy
Spraggan - Lucky Stars (Official Video)
With
over 50 million YouTube views and 240 million streams on Spotify
– Lucy started out as a singer-songwriter performing at open-mic
nights around England. At just 19 years old she took the brave
decision to perform her self-penned hit "Last
Night (Beer Fear)" on The X Factor and secured
a Top 20 single and Top 30 self-released album whilst still
competing in the show.
Through relentless touring, her innate songwriting ability and
an ever growing fanbase – Lucy has achieved an incredible 4
Top 30 albums (three of which were self-released) – the last
of which went to number 12 – and now Lucy’s signed a new record
and publishing deal with Cooking Vinyl. Today Was A Good
Day marks a new chapter for Lucy musically and personally
– her fifth studio album has been produced by Jon Maguire (Callum
Scott, Kodaline) and Lucy sounds at her most confident and accomplished.
Last
year, Lucy released "Stick
The Kettle On" – the first track from the new album - in
support of CALM - The Campaign Against Living Miserably and
wanted to use her experiences to help others. Her knack for
telling a story through her songs hasn’t changed and in the
past it has earned her comparisons to Courtney Barnett, KT Tunstall
and Ed Sheeran. This talent continues on the new album with
tracks like "Connie’s Bar," inspired by a woman she met in Florida;
new single "Lucky Stars" and the poignant goodbye song "The
Waiting Room" and "Home Wasn’t Built In A Day."
"I thank my lucky stars for my family," says Lucy about the
new single. "I’ve been through some incredibly dark times and
although I’ve made many steps forward, I still get anxious and
paranoid. This is how I came up with the idea for the video
for 'Lucky Stars' - when I feel anxious, I feel like people
are staring at me as if I’m from outer space... So I donned
an astronaut suit for the entire video."
Marrying her wife “G” and fostering children has turned life
around for Lucy, which she describes as "amazing" and "challenging"
and underlines the common theme throughout the album, "We’ve
had 14 kids stay with us so far," explains Lucy "We are also
trying for our own child so we will see what happens. All this
has played a huge part in my writing – it’s an album about growing
up."
After
beginning the year as support for Melissa Etheridge across Europe
and Scandinavia, Lucy Spraggan now prepares for her own headline
tour across the US and Europe. Playing live has always been
what Lucy loves to do most - she was the first female artist
to headline Kendal Calling and she’s also the first X Factor
artist to play Glastonbury. Lucy played The Acoustic Stage to
a completely full tent in 2017 and describes the performance
as a life changing show.
Today Was A Good Day Tracklisting:
1. Breathe
2. Lucky Stars
3. End Of The World
4. Don’t Play This On The Radio
5. Dinner’s Ready
6. Lightning
7. Home Wasn’t Built In A Day
8. Stick The Kettle On (Ft. Scouting For Girls)
9. Today Was A Good Day
10. Connie’s Bar
11. Love Is The Best Revenge
12. The Waiting Room
13. As The Saying Goes
14. Thanks For Choosing Me