Pop Singer-Songwriter Issy Winstanley Unveils Her Latest Single "Losing My Mind"
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Hailing from Cheltenham, singer-songwriter Issy Winstanley is a flourishing name on the music scene. Issy combines well-penned lyrics with acoustically-driven pop production to create a blueprint of captivating melodies and featherlight vocals. Her songs operate as a journal, documenting her experiences from love, heartbreak, joy, and everything in between. Her latest single, 'Losing My Mind,' is complete with folky tones, soft buttery vocals, and loopy guitars to fit the theme. This fiery musician invites you on a contemplative voyage of relationships that will send your mind spinning.
Speaking of the new song, Issy shares:
“I wrote Losing My Mind when I was 17 – on a random lunch break in college where I’d snuck away to the music department to sit with my guitar and forget about everything else. I hadn’t intended to write any new music – but this is always when the best ones are written! This song is inspired by that tricky stage of a relationship where you start to feel priorities shifting, and you’re questioning whether you’re just going round in circles (to quote the bridge). Losing My Mind is one of my favourite original tracks to perform; I love getting audiences singing and clapping along – it’s the part of a set where I can bring my highest energy and let loose. I was so excited to be able to breathe new life into the track during production and take it to a place it hadn’t been before – working with my good friend & fantastic producer Shivan Mistry. Whether you’re in the same position as I was when I wrote this, or if you’re just in need of a soundtrack to your summer, I really hope you love Losing My Mind as much as we do.”
Issy has spent her entire life singing and making music. Surrounded by sounds from pop and rock to country and folk, theatre, and classical, has lent itself to the formation of music that encompasses this wide range of influences. With a love for story-telling elements of folk songwriting, combining it with detailed and thought-out production, Issy tries to retain a commercial, pop appeal. With high hopes that her music and the meaning of each song translates to listeners, this singer-songwriter is candid about how much songwriting means to her, as it provides such a creative outlet for personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings to be expressed.
Issy is making ripples across the South West and Midlands as her career grows, with two BBC Introducing In The West 'Track of the Week' highlights and performances at iconic venues and festivals such as the Sunflower Lounge and The Hare and Hounds, Lakefest and Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Issy's debut EP is slated for summer 2022, following a sold-out release show for her breakthrough single. It is not one to be missed.
Listen to “Losing My Mind” now and connect with Issy on her social media.