Posthumous Marianne Faithfull EP to feature four new songs – listen to title track ‘Burning Moonlight’
nme.comMarianne Faithfull are set to be released at the request of her family.A stalwart of the Swinging London arts and music scene in the 1960s, Faithfull became one of the leading female artists during the British Invasion era.
She died in January, aged 78.Tributes poured out for the ‘Broken English’ singer, with Blur‘s Graham Coxon, The Charlatans‘ Tim Burgess, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Ed Harcourt, Warren Ellis, Ronnie Wood, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sir Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Metallica and more all penning personal tributes.‘Burning Moonlight’, a four-track EP made up of songs recorded in the year before her death, was originally slated for a February announcement as part of the Record Store Day 2025 list, but the news was postponed following her death.Now, with the blessing of the late singer’s family, DECCA Records have shared news of ‘Burning Moonlight’ as a celebration of Faithfull’s life and sound.
The title track is out today (March 14), and will be followed by a limited edition vinyl EP for RSD on April 12, while a digital EP version will be out on June 6.
You can pre-order/pre-save the EP here.“As we grieve the loss of Marianne, we are pleased to announce the release of these songs which she worked on during the year before her death,” her son, Nicholas Dunbar, said of the EP in a statement.“Marianne lived to create and perform music – it was her driving force and she never stopped.
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