Polly Paulusma - The Wildfires Tapes (2026) [Hi-Res]
Artist: Polly Paulusma
Title: The Wildfires Tapes
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: One Little Independent Records
Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-44.1kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:01:08
Total Size: 293 / 569 MB / 1.14 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: The Wildfires Tapes
Year Of Release: 2026
Label: One Little Independent Records
Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks) / 24bit-44.1kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:01:08
Total Size: 293 / 569 MB / 1.14 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
01. Prologue to Cabin in the Woods (shed demo) (4:00)
02. Cabin in the Woods (shed demo) (4:49)
03. Prologue to Mary Louise (shed demo) (1:48)
04. Mary Louise (shed demo) (4:06)
05. Prologue to Throw Me To The Dogs (shed demo) (1:04)
06. Throw Me To The Dogs (shed demo) (4:11)
07. Prologue to Dunstable Downs (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (2:15)
08. Dunstable Downs (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (4:03)
09. Prologue to Wild Swimming (shed demo) (1:32)
10. Wild Swimming (shed demo) (3:47)
11. Prologue to Long Goodbye (shed demo) (1:43)
12. Long Goodbye (shed demo) (2:30)
13. Prologue to Like an Engine (shed demo) (1:45)
14. Like an Engine (shed demo) (4:35)
15. Prologue to Over and Over (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (1:22)
16. Over and Over (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (4:46)
17. Prologue to Last Night I had a Dream (Hartest demo) (2:07)
18. Last Night I had a Dream (Hartest demo) (4:09)
19. Prologue to Tip of my Tongue (shed demo) (0:45)
20. Tip of my Tongue (shed demo) (3:48)
21. Don’t Walk Away (voice memo The Convent Nov 2015) (3:04)
22. Prologue to Mad Girl’s Love Song #2 (shed demo) (1:39)
23. Mad Girl’s Love Song #2 (shed demo) (5:22)
24. Prologue to Paper Cathedral (shed demo) (1:02)
25. Paper Cathedral (shed demo) (3:51)
26. You Are Everything (Jon’s experiment) (3:42)
27. Prologue to O! My America (shed demo) (0:36)
28. O! My America (shed demo) (3:48)
29. Prologue to Eyes on the Road (shed demo) (1:28)
30. Eyes on the Road (shed demo) (5:15)
31. Prologue to Crimson Molotov (shed demo) (0:55)
32. Crimson Molotov (shed demo) (5:13)
33. Prologue to Tiny Little Things (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (1:51)
34. Tiny Little Things (live StudiOwz 9 Mar 2025) (6:00)
35. Red Flags (voice memo Vivien’s house Jan 2023) (4:32)
36. May Day (shed demo) (4:02)
37. Prologue to What You Waiting For (shed demo) (0:55)
38. What You Waiting For (shed demo) (3:29)
39. Prologue to Scars (shed demo) (1:03)
40. Scars (shed demo) (4:26)
‘The Wildfires Tapes’ is a companion release to Polly Paulusma’s sixth studio album ‘Wildfires’, offering a rare and intimate view into the creative process behind one of her most expansive and emotionally ambitious works. Where ‘Wildfires’ presents a carefully shaped rumination on love’s many guises, ‘The Wildfires Tapes’ reveals the songs in their raw and evolving forms, allowing listeners to hear how they came into being. It is released on March 27th via One Little Independent Records and her own imprint, Wild Sound.
Following the release of ‘Wildfires’, ‘The Wildfires Tapes’ opens the door on a lengthy period of writing and reflection. It documents the songs in their earliest incarnations, from demos and first-day voice memos to early live recordings and collaborative sketches that fed into the finished album. The recordings act as a scrapbook of working notes and experiments, preserving moments that would usually remain unheard.
Over a period of eight years, Paulusma wrote or co-wrote more than 100 songs, 22 of which became contenders for ‘Wildfires’. While 19 were ultimately recorded and released on the album, 3 did not make the final cut, and all 22 now appear on ‘The Wildfires Tapes’, many accompanied by their original spoken word prologues. These versions allow listeners to hear how lyrics, keys, moods, and structures shifted over time as the songs moved towards the studio.
Paulusma explains; “I am so grateful to OLI that I can share with you this scrapbook of working notes and song versions. Through The Wildfires Tapes I hope to show you some of the process of how the songs happened, how some of the preparatory work behind the scenes ended up being used in the finished piece, whilst other work was discarded."
Following the release of ‘Wildfires’, ‘The Wildfires Tapes’ opens the door on a lengthy period of writing and reflection. It documents the songs in their earliest incarnations, from demos and first-day voice memos to early live recordings and collaborative sketches that fed into the finished album. The recordings act as a scrapbook of working notes and experiments, preserving moments that would usually remain unheard.
Over a period of eight years, Paulusma wrote or co-wrote more than 100 songs, 22 of which became contenders for ‘Wildfires’. While 19 were ultimately recorded and released on the album, 3 did not make the final cut, and all 22 now appear on ‘The Wildfires Tapes’, many accompanied by their original spoken word prologues. These versions allow listeners to hear how lyrics, keys, moods, and structures shifted over time as the songs moved towards the studio.
Paulusma explains; “I am so grateful to OLI that I can share with you this scrapbook of working notes and song versions. Through The Wildfires Tapes I hope to show you some of the process of how the songs happened, how some of the preparatory work behind the scenes ended up being used in the finished piece, whilst other work was discarded."
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