{"product_id":"dilettante-life-of-the-party","title":"Dilettante - Life of the Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eDilettante, the project of Leeds-born multi-instrumentalist and ‘Paul Hamlyn’ award-winning composer Francesca Pidgeon, is set to release her highly anticipated second album Life Of The Party on January 24th, 2025, via Launchpad+ \/ EMI North. The album is a journey of self-discovery and acceptance, set to a backdrop of lush arrangements, sharp lyrics, and the unmistakable sound of an artist coming into her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKnown for her loop heavy live shows and contagious art pop, when not making music as Dilettante, Francesca also moonlights as a member of BC Camplight. In 2022, Dilettante released her debut album Tantrum, which received widespread support from BBC Radio 6 Music, leading to sold-out headline shows across the north of the UK, as well as opportunities to support prominent artists like Self Esteem, Caribou, and Graham Coxon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Dilettante returns with Life of the Party, her first totally self-produced record and her most personal one yet.  Made in the confines of a converted freight container, the album is an outpouring of frustration towards societal pressures and the acceptance of realising she sees the world differently to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album covers a range of topics, from turning thirty and feeling the pressure to start a family, to grappling with the constraints of monogamous relationships and the realisation of her neurodivergence. “I started talking to people about their experiences with getting Autism\/ADHD diagnoses last year,” Pidgeon shares, “and it felt like a bit of a light bulb moment for me where I realised that maybe there was actually something inherently different in the way I was experiencing the world, and that was why I’d always struggled connecting with most people.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Launchpad+ \/ EMI North","offers":[{"title":"Limited Gold LP","offer_id":53675784438104,"sku":"TKM-16399","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/74da96bd91f0c3e4a38a7a6f73c8cd5b.jpg?v=1732633994","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/dilettante-life-of-the-party","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}