What happens when a poem titled “Spooky Day” written by your eight-year-old self is unearthed by your mother? Well, in the case of Cumbria, UK-based musician Jonny Swift, you intertwine it with one of your new arrangements.

Released on October 24, 2024, “Spooky Day” arrives right on time for Halloween, and this spoken word/psychedelic single is available via independent label, Seahouse Records, and on all digital platforms and CD promo.

Says Swift: “My mum recently moved house from my childhood home, and when she was clearing out her stuff she found some poems I had written at junior school when I was 8, and one of them was called ‘Spooky Day’” I had recently written an instrumental track and I thought it would be interesting to do a collaboration with my 8-year-old self and read the poem alongside the music – which has a 60s psychedelia / Doors type vibe.”

I certainly picked up on The Doors vibe (Manzarek and Densmore’s contributions to “Riders of the Storm” immediately came to mind) and perhaps a dash of 2nu’s avant-garde track from 1991 “This is Ponderous.” Both of those tracks are equally unsettling as Swift’s “Spooky Day.”

Pour yourself a cup of apple cider or punch this Halloween season and add “Spooky Day” from Jonny Swift into your playlist. All ages welcome!

Jonny Swift is a Cumbria, UK-based artist who writes, performs and releases music under his own name. Since 2020, Swift has released four albums (Dalton Daze, Story of Luna, Kalimera and An Awesome Dream) via independent label Seahouse Records. Jonny has received national and international radio play and exposure from BBC 6 music, BBC London, BBC introducing, Amazing Radio as well as local independent radio stations. Jonny is currently working on his 5th album.

www.seahouserecords.com