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    Once Upon A Time... In Shropshire
    Artist
    Jerskin Fendrix
    Label
    untitled (recs)
    Catalogue Number
    u(r)018
    Release Date
    October 10, 2025
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      Double LP in gatefold sleeve, printed disco sleeves and a 24-page booklet

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      Estimated release date: October 10, 2025

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    ‘Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire’ is a love letter to something that once existed - a shining, rose-tinted childhood and the lives that made it. It posits that grief is complex and memory is intoxicating - and that Shropshire can contain the entire world. The 10 track album includes previously released singles 'Sk1' & 'Jerskin Fendrix Freestyle' the former sketched around a foreboding bassline and climactic post-rock chorus, and the latter a blistering & riotous post-punk anthem.

    Jerskin Fendrix’s 2020 debut Winterreise centred him among a rising group of artists from the the South London Windmill scene, and captured the imagination of director Yorgos Lanthimos, who tapped Jerskin to score Poor Things. The experimental artist was quickly catapulted to international acclaim, with the score receiving BAFTA, Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, and Jerskin winning an Ivor Novello award, and Film Composer of the Year and Discovery of the Year awards at the 2024 World Soundtrack Awards.

    In-between time spent nurturing his burgeoning career as a composer (working on Lanthimos’ Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness & forthcoming Bugonia), Jerskin began work on Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire. The record threads together memories of a vibrant, rural childhood, attempting to capture a time and place that’s been altered by the ebb of time and the failings of memory. "I wrote this album during a period of sudden and unrelated deaths. A friend, family members, animals, and eventually my father. My album about Shropshire is a twofold testament. Looking back on the world where I grew up, its beauty and innocence and wonder - then watching it become corrupted, death by death, until the entire dream was shattered.”

    Digital Tracklist

    1. 1 Beth's Farm 5:33
    2. 2 Princess 5:46
    3. 3 Sk1 4:20
    4. 4 Sk2 3:57
    5. 5 Mum & Dad 5:47
    6. 6 Jerskin Fendrix Freestyle 3:22
    7. 7 The Universe 7:42
    8. 8 King Lear 6:41
    9. 9 Together Again 7:14
    10. 10 Last Night In Shropshire 8:47
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