Singer-songwriter, vocal powerhouse and now-producer Grace Davies releases her highly anticipated EP, It Wasn’t Perfect, But We Tried, her most authentic and accomplished body of work to-date. Listen here to five smart, sassy, genre-crossing songs that find the 25 year old confidently claiming control of her career – turning the tables on her sad girl persona and taking the reins with new-found talent in production. Grace co-produced the EP with collaborator Toby Scott (Becky Hill, Galantis), completely self-producing two of the tracks, ‘Windows & Walls’ and previous single release ‘Already Gone’; the EP proves Grace a true multi-hyphenate.
It Wasn’t Perfect, But We Tried includes new single, triumphant showstopper, ‘Breathe’ – a lesson in pop mastery featuring Grace’s signature powerhouse vocal, crashing drums and a hook-driven, belter of a chorus. Of the track, Grace comments: “‘Breathe’ is about reclaiming your power. It’s about taking all the shit that’s been thrown at you and owning it/turning it into something powerful. ‘The end of where you tear me apart’ – the start of a new beginning where I don’t let you control my life anymore. I wrote it in 2017, but it’s a song I came back to 5 years later reflecting on everything I’ve been through as an independent artist, and it means even more to me now than it did when I wrote it”.
Grace’s third EP spans five years of her whirlwind career. First released EP cut ‘Wolves’, along with ‘Breathe’, the first song Grace wrote after The X Factor, are the oldest songs. The most recent is the sensual, woozy, electronic Supervillain, written over Zoom last year after a lockdown relationship turned sour. “Supervillain is about believing that someone will be your hero, then realising they’re the complete opposite. That said, I’ve learned to draw a line under bad relationships. How can I complain when they give me such great songs!”
Meanwhile, previous release ‘Already Gone’ saw Grace sat in the producer’s chair for the first time “During lockdowns I had to make my own demos and record my own vocals because the studios were shut,” says Grace. “I’ve always had a producer’s head, just never an engineer’s hands. I knew what I wanted, but not how to achieve it. Learning that has given me massive confidence. It’s taught me to stand up for myself, both in and outside the studio.”
“I believe in trilogies and it’s a thread that ties the EPs together”, says Grace of It Wasn’t Perfect, But We Tried. The record is the follow-up to last year’s EP i wonder if you wonder, a personal collection of tracks which marked the artist’s astounding progress since embracing the journey into releasing independently, previously being signed to the now-defunct SYCO (Sony Music).
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