Saint Saviour photo credit Frazier Dunleavy
Assembled while Jones was out rambling around London, attempting to mould words out of melodies and sound, the song’s main line “please be gentle to me, baby” came as easy as sudden rain, but the rest wouldn’t arrive until she took a trip to the Tower of London. Jones had been reading about the Plantagenets, which culminated in the story of the peeress Margaret Pole’s botched beheading. Despite surviving an unruly King, what really survived from her story was the macabre way in which she died. “Be Gentle”, the album’s harlequin wildcard, is ultimately a redemption story for Pole, as Jones imagines her ghost coming back to reap revenge.
The song arrives with a music video from Ajuan Isaac-George, who collaborated with Becky on the video for “A Picture Is All I Have”. watch the video for ‘Be Gentle’ below.
Saint Saviour UK tour dates:
27 March 2024 – The Lodge, Manchester
28 March 2024 – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees
30 March 2024 – The Courtyard Theatre, London
Sunseeker Tracklist:
- Better Than
- A Picture Is All I Have (feat. Orlando Weeks)
- Be Gentle
- I Just Can’t Take The Risk (feat. Jadu Heart)
- Poetry
- Let’s Go Outside
- Gold In The Water
- Cellophane
- Morning Bird
- Not Nothing (feat. Bill Ryder-Jones)
- Little Bee
Sunseeker is released on the 22nd March
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