Officially released 6th February 2026 (Dispatched end of January 2026)
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Sean Taylor – First light

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‘When they buried us, they didn’t know we were seeds’ (paraphrased quote from Dinos Christianopoulos).

‍ ‍I feel pretty good. Without doubt it’s the most creative I have ever been. ‍ In contrast the world feels violent, scary and unhinged. This is mirrored by a music industry that is increasingly corporate, conservative and desperate. Venues and festivals are struggling like never before. Inside my music I bear witness to the unfolding apocalypse of climate change, escalating wars and the dominance of the far right. This is a dangerous time to be alive.

My new album ‘First Light’ arrives as eleven songs that capture how I see the world in 2025.   ‍I believe in the hope of love and the goodness of people. ‘First Light’ opens the album and ‘Murmurations’ closes the album as celebrations of nature. ‘Everything’ is a gentle love song.

‍ ‍‘Artificial Intelligence’ paints a brutal picture of a broken society. ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ is my view of our little island. ‘Poverty’ is a song dedicated to the working class from a working-class troubadour.   ‘Little Donny Returns’ is the second part to my 2017 ‘Little Donny’ for racist crook Donald Trump. In the face of authoritarian oppression, we have an obligation as artists to stand against fascism.

‘Seeds’ paraphrases the famous quote ‘when they buried us, they didn’t know that we were seeds’ which feels even more relevant today than ever. ‘The Shield’ is about our addiction (myself included) to our mobile phones. 

‘First light’ is my third album with producer Ben Walker. I wrote seven of the eleven songs plus two co-writes with Mike Seal (Everything and Poverty). The two covers; ‘All Along The Watchtower’, which is one of my favourite songs ever written and ‘Manifiesto’ which comes from the late- great Chilean songwriter Victor Jara. 'Manifiesto' serves up words of hope and resistance in my north-west London Spanish. Victor Jara was a left-wing songwriter from Chile who was brutally murdered by far-right dictator Augusto Pinochet. Again this feels even more relevant today. No Pasaran

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