‘Another Sky: “I haven’t had anywhere to live for a year – it’s hard to sustain yourself as an artist”
nme.comAnother Sky have spoken to NME about the financial crisis facing many artists in the UK, and how the struggle to exist to create has shaped their new album ‘Beach Day’.The London four-piece returned with the follow-up to their acclaimed 2020 debut ‘I Slept On The Floor‘ yesterday (Friday March 1), an expansive and ambitious sophomore record shaped by finding purpose through hardship.Having moved to the capital in 2013, the band lived as most London artists do: sharing space and finding cheap accommodation by any means necessary.
By the time their debut album was released, COVID had taken its toll and life became much harder.“COVID has changed my life,” singer Catrin Vincent told NME. “I currently haven’t had anywhere to live for a year, with the UK housing crisis and trying to be in London.
I even lived in a van for a while.”She continued: “It’s hard to sustain yourself as an artist.”The band, after a period of finding and losing jobs, benefits and furlough, ran out of luck last year when Catrin and guitarist Gilbert’s landlord decided to sell the flat they’d been living cheaply in.
Unable to afford to rent anywhere else in London and due to the escalating housing crisis, they’ve since been homeless and sofa-surfing with family and friends after a year of living in a van.
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