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It's Getting Late, You'd Better Go Home
Nishla Smith
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Released: 2026
Duration: 00: 0:42
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Tracks
Jewel Thief; Bluebird; The Beast; Imagination; Hold Onto Me; Time; The Lark; Perfect; Same Stars; You And I; It'S Getting Late, You'D Better Go Home (Voice Note).
Personnel
Nishla Smith
vocalsTom Harris
pianoAaron Wood
trumpet
Charlotte Keeffe
trumpet
Harben Kay
saxophone
Xhosa Cole
saxophone, tenorSarah Henghan
drumsKai Chareunsy
drums
Misha Mullov-Abbado
bass, acousticChris Hyson
bassLucy Hanson
vocalsElly Hanson
vocalsAlbum Description
Storytelling lies at the very heart of Nishla Smith’s music making, and since
the release of her critically lauded Whirlwind debut, Friends with Monsters,
the evolving circumstances of her own life have provided the materials for
the stories that lie at the heart of this new collection. it’s getting late, you’d
better go home was written during a period of emotional turmoil, as Nishla
confronted a series of crossroads in her life, not least whether to stay in her
adopted UK home or return to her native Australia. From these deeply
personal concerns, the stories expand outwards to address universal themes
of belonging and of absence, of closeness and separation, of yearning
ambition and the simple joys of the quotidian. These extra resonances
inspired Nishla to expand her sonic palette, deepening the timbral
possibilities with layers of vocals and subtle electronica, and surrounding
herself with a hand-picked group of some of the UK’s most empathetic and
adventurous musicians. The songs are expanded and supported by Tom
Harris’ subtle, sensitive piano, embellished by the saxophones of Xhosa
Cole and Harben Kay and the trumpets of Aaron Wood and Charlotte
Keeffe and grounded by the superlative rhythm team of Misha Mullov-
Abbado and drummers Sarah Heneghan & Kai Chareunsy. At the centre
of everything is Nishla’s remarkable voice, always poised and in control, but
equally capable of revealing intimacy and powerful emotional charge.
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