Artist:
Hollie Cook
Genre:
Reggae
Total Time:
39:14
Record Label:
Mr Bongo
Purchase Album:
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
October 10, 2025
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Hollie Cook
Genre:
Reggae
Total Time:
39:14
Record Label:
Mr Bongo
Purchase Album:
CD, MP3, Vinyl,
Apple Music, Spotify
Release Date
October 10, 2025
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
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Product Description: Almost fifteen years since the release of her self-titled debut LP on Mr Bongo, reggae's orator of love Hollie Cook is returning to the label for Shy Girl, her fifth studio album and her most authentic yet. Woven with tight grooves, beautiful vocals and catchy melodies, Shy Girl hears singer and songwriter Hollie Cook revel in her contemporary lovers rock sound, more confident and open to vulnerability than ever before. A sun-drenched exploration of love in all it's guises, Shy Girl tells stories of the magical and the melancholy, the heart-lifting and heart-breaking, across 12 luscious, analogue reggae compositions - the culmination of a soft-hued and instantly recognisable "tropical pop" sound that Cook has made her own. Put together across three years and four cities - from LA and NYC, to Vejer de la Frontera in Spain and Cook's hometown London - Shy Girl was written with long-time collaborators, The General Roots Band, and features a contribution from legendary dub MC Horseman, who lends his voice to the album's first single 'Night Night'. The album opens with the title track 'Shy Girl', a buoyant and elastic slice of lovers rock that was written in a moment of spontaneous intuition, and bubbles with a charisma and positivity that Cook radiates. "I'm not a natural show-off," Cook explains. "The Shy Girl theme is me. It's just about being my most vulnerable self and being as true to the music that Iove as possible." It is this honesty which shines throughout, from the chugging deep dub of 'Frontline', complete with raking electric guitar lines, to the bittersweet roots ballad 'We Share Love', which closes out the album.It's clear to see that Cook's songwriting draws on a lifetime of musical influences and inspirations. From her father, Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook's record collection and touring with post-punk icon Ari Up's The Slits, to her love for strong female-led pop music and the bassweight of London's sound system culture. Enamoured with the music of Janet Kay and Phyllis Dillon, Shy Girl represents a homecoming and a coming-of-age for Hollie Cook, distilling and refining a shimmering reggae sound that will capture your heart, as it first captured hers.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
Shy Girl
(03:12)
2 . Ooh Baby (02:49)
3 . Rockaway (03:48)
4 . Night Night Hollie Cook feat. Horseman (03:07)
5 . Holding On (03:14)
6 . In The Pictures (03:42)
7 . Frontline (02:56)
8 . Take Me In Your Arms (02:50)
9 . Crying Wolf (04:02)
10 . River Runs Deep (03:29)
11 . Hello Operator (02:36)
12 .We Share Love (03:36)
2 . Ooh Baby (02:49)
3 . Rockaway (03:48)
4 . Night Night Hollie Cook feat. Horseman (03:07)
5 . Holding On (03:14)
6 . In The Pictures (03:42)
7 . Frontline (02:56)
8 . Take Me In Your Arms (02:50)
9 . Crying Wolf (04:02)
10 . River Runs Deep (03:29)
11 . Hello Operator (02:36)
12 .We Share Love (03:36)
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