To celebrate Record Store Day 2023, American-British soul singer, Celeste, will release a limited edition pink vinyl, 6 track EP, titled Lately. Featuring her latest single To Love A Man for the first time on vinyl, as well as the extended version of her breakthrough track, Strange; cut at 45rpm by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road Studios.This EP is an adaptation of the highly sought after 2019 Lately EP, which was only released as a limited run promo in North America. Celestes UK number one debut album, Not Your Muse (2021), garnered several nominations at the BRITs, the 2021 Mercury Prize, and she was also nominated for an Academy Award and Golden Globe for co-writing Hear My Voice for the film The Trial of the Chicago 7. She won Songwriter of the Year (alongside Jamie Hartman) at the 2021 Ivor Novello awards.

 

Celeste, you see, is a once-in-a-generation talent. With a voice that balances the fragility of Billie Holiday against the sheer power of Aretha Franklin, shes the finest British soul singer to emerge in years. - NME

 

"I have received countless emotional texts from listeners who have had to sit in their car and lose

 

themselves to her song 'Strange' before carrying on with their evening. Her songwriting is personal and poignant but with universal appeal." - Annie Mac, BBC Radio 1