Cambridgeshire-based indie-folk artist Ellie Walker has released her highly anticipated EP ‘Balance’, a four-track collection that serves as her most personal and stylistically confident work to date. Following her acclaimed 2023 debut ‘Sink or Swim’, Walker spent 2025 releasing a series of singles that culminate in this project, which beautifully blends the warmth of acoustic arrangements with the playfulness of chamber-pop. Recorded at The Sick Room in Norfolk with producer Owen Turner, the EP navigates themes of family life, mental health, and forgiveness, featuring the jaunty, recorder-led title track alongside the hauntingly introspective “The Old Oak.” Drawing inspiration from Carole King and Joni Mitchell, as well as literary figures like Emma Morley from ‘One Day’, Walker’s music continues to earn widespread support from BBC Introducing and Radio X for its emotional vulnerability and “unfiltered” production. To celebrate the release, Walker and her band—Michael Chalmers, Max Wherlock, Mark Boxall, and Carly Cole—performed a special EP launch show at The Plough in Shepreth on December 12th.