\n Stuart ‘Stoo’ Bell, based in Dunfermline and performing under the name GoldFinch, will release The Sky Will Salute digitally on Saturday May 23.\n<\/p>\n
\n The four-track EP delves into subjects including memory, mental health and the changing seasons through an indie-folk lens.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stoo said: “Songwriting isn\u2019t just something I do. It\u2019s how I try to understand things.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I don\u2019t always know what I\u2019m thinking or feeling until I\u2019ve written it into a song.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Summer Girl recalls childhood summers and their contrast with harder winter months, while Our September is a stripped-back meditation on the passage of time and holding onto what matters as life changes.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stoo looks back on youthful recklessness and considers how those experiences might differ for young people today.\n<\/p>\n
\n The final track, Reflecting Back At Me, is the most personal, touching on mental health and the difference between inner feelings and outward appearances.\n<\/p>\n
\n The name GoldFinch was inspired during a period of ill health when time spent watching birds in the garden became part of his daily routine, and a goldfinch began visiting regularly.\n<\/p>\n
\n The EP features understated arrangements, from the simplicity of voice and piano in Our September to the heavier feel of Burn.\n<\/p>\n
\n Though Stoo often performs covers across Fife, GoldFinch is dedicated to his original work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stuart ‘Stoo’ Bell, based in Dunfermline and performing under the name GoldFinch, will release The Sky Will Salute…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-574609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}