‘Hey Son’ is the haunting first single from The Leaf Label’s latest signing, Nancy Elizabeth, giving us a dramatic taste of the delights to come on her debut album, Battle and Victory, to be released in September. The single will be available as a download, and in a limited edition of 600 numbered 7” singles for the world.

Packing a lot into its three minutes and 20 seconds, the dynamic ‘Hey Son’ opens with a Davy Graham-inspired guitar figure and Nancy’s unmistakably Northern voice, building to a crescendo of crashing percussion and dense vocal harmonies. The B-side song (exclusive to this release) is the evocative ‘Live By The Sea’, a recording of just Nancy’s voice and the churning drone of an Indian harmonium.

The 23-year-old Wigan-born singer has been writing and performing since she was 14. She has played more than 50 gigs around the UK in the last year alone, including slots with A Hawk And A Hacksaw, Tunng and James Yorkston among others. She is currently putting together a small touring group to augment her already much-loved acoustic ‘one-girl-band’ shows which feature primarily Celtic harp and acoustic guitar.