Saint Jude - Alright, All Tied

London artist Saint Jude is back with his new single ‘Alright, All Tied’, an electronic indie track crammed full of soft hooks and a distinctive, intimate vocal delivery. For an artist as many-layered and sonically acrobatic as Saint Jude, every new release is somewhat of a surprise: and this is no different, while in the process of finishing his debut LP set to be released next year, Jude pulls a tune from the vaults, an autumn indie earworm to ramp up the excitement. Saint Jude explains: “This song was written as a way to get myself out of a period of writers block last year. In this song I wanted to engage with my feelings of uncertainty that were holding me back from writing. “I was struggling with writing about specifics - I couldn’t seem to engage with subject matter in the right kind of way, so with this track I tried to write something non-specific, that people could project their own narrative onto, but still engages with the feelings of uncertainty and frustration that I was feeling at the time. “I was also struggling with writing for the timbre of my own voice, and so for this track I’ve used quite a lot of processing to change the texture, I’ve layered my voice a lot as well, recording a lot of falsetto layers above the main vocal. “Recording with this processing on my voice made me sing in a different way and kind of eased me out of my normal style of writing that I had become frustrated with. “I tried a lot of exercises to help me out of that creative block, and this song was the only one that was successful. Through making this song I felt like I reconnected with something, and it got me back into the flow of creating again, and I was able to finish the album that I was working on.” In catholic lore, Saint Jude is the patron saint of lost causes; however, his musical namesake is far from that. Saint Jude has overcome trepidation to create highly focused work that teems with bright colours, shimmering textures and raw emotion at every turn.