Description
Release Date Friday 10th October 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
reggae's orator of love Hollie Cook is returning to the label for Shy Girl, her
ffth 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
confdent and open to vulnerability than ever before.
A sun-drenched exploration of love in all its 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 frst 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 I 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 infuences 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 refning a shimmering reggae sound that
will capture your heart, as it frst captured hers.
Pictures / Frontline / Take Me In Your Arms / Crying Wolf / River Runs Deep / Hello
Operator / We Share Love
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