Clara Mann – 'Thoughtless'

Bristol-based folk newcomer Clara Mann shares intricate new single ‘Thoughtless’.

Wrapped into an ethereal soundscape of gentle acoustic guitars and the heart-breaking hum of a solitary fiddle, Clara reflects on the fragility of boundaries. Her vocals delicate and appropriately shaky as she muses about the fine line between longing for connection and losing oneself in other people. "I wrote this over a summer where I was totally adrift,” she explains, “it was quite a lonely time, and I felt that, in a bid for some kind of connection, I was making myself vulnerable to the wrong people. ‘Thoughtless’ is a recognition of that unhealthy tendency in myself, as well as being about the way people can take too much of someone, without even realising.” ‘Thoughtless’ is a bittersweet movie moment. Its free-flowing melodies conjure up softly dramatic images of an old black and white movie – our heroine sitting by her window, staring out into the rain, writing poetic confessions into her diary: “And I am a voice without reason, I like to feel I’m needed, but I think I want to leave.”

Following elegant debut single ‘I Didn’t Know You Were Leaving Today’, ‘Thoughtless’ is the second offering taken from Clara’s upcoming debut EP ‘Consolations’. With intimate soundscapes and an artful knack for raw, emotive lyricism, Clara Mann is gearing up for an exciting year ahead. 

Words by Laura Freyaldenhoven

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