Hello! Greetings from Trealy Farm, my current home from home in the hills near Monmouth. It's been rather wet so far this year, and today we have yet more rain bucketing down!
A quick 2026 update from me, as the project is now in full swing. I've found a new co-producer to work with, Oskar Vizan, who is based in north London — we've already spent a few days in his studio, putting down some new vocal tracks. Oskar is brilliant to work with; I think he got the best out of me, for sure, as we ripped through seven tracks in two days. He insisted on three takes for every part of every song, and he's now in the middle of editing it down to the best takes.
It was very exciting to be singing my heart out and advancing so many songs under Oskar's watchful eye.
I also made a trip to Devon recently to record Marnie Hunter (who I met at Campout last summer), recording some new parts for 'May You Always' and a new song, 'Hey You (Heal The World)'. She was in fine voice, and will also be singing at this year's Campout.
Through the late autumn period, I also recorded three songs with Gerry Diver providing wonderful instrumentation on the backing tracks. Each track has its own feel and approach, and I'm going through a wish list, inviting a few musicians and singers to come in and play their part too. Oskar will be pulling it all together with me into a cohesive whole.
We're aiming to have recordings done by mid-July, and mixes by late August — so we can then start to work out a launch campaign, with an album release looking likely for early next year.
This week, I've been preparing backing tracks for two of the songs to sing at this weekend's Winter Gathering here at the farm. We still have a handful of tickets if anyone fancies joining us later in the day.
Keep in touch with the album's progress via my website. The crowdfunder is still accepting donations: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pete-lawrence
