‘Trust the Season’ is a three-track collection released by alt-pop songstress Becca James. The music reflects the early part of James’ development when she was based in Newcastle and embodies totally the sentiment of its title, to trust and honour every stage of development and season. The work is the prelude to James’ most accomplished work, a trauma healing EP/LP project, ‘God in Chains’ due for release in 2024.
“‘Trust the Season’ is a collection of songs from my early journey in creating music. I went through many mental, emotional and physical roadblocks to having a music career through chronic illness and difficulties in my personal life. These songs are not intended to be an EP, but rather a timeline of this creation process in the chaos and they reflect early experimentation in my sound. I didn’t have the confidence to call myself a writer then, and there was so much grief and pressure in my personal life, but I held onto trying. Just having a go.
And the title of the collection is all about trusting that process of development. I am a very different person from who I was when I was making those songs. They are not me in the present, as I feel I have developed so much since they were created, but I have to honour and love my younger self as uncomfortable as looking back makes me feel. There’s time to develop, create and harvest. I truly didn’t know the depths of what life had to offer back then, but the message applies at any time of life: Trust the Season.”
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