BRIT Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Scottish artist KT Tunstall returns with ‘The Stargazer’ EP via BMG, a luminous new six-track collection of songs rediscovered from the early writing sessions of her groundbreaking debut ‘Eye To The Telescope’, which went multi-platinum around the world in 2005. The EP shines a light on never-before-heard material written at the same time as the songs that catapulted Tunstall to international stardom two decades ago and recorded earlier this year. Among the six tracks is the long-rumoured title track “Eye To The Telescope,” featuring the acclaimed saxophonist Shabaka who plays flute on the track, finally revealed to the world after twenty years of lying unfinished in the vault. Also included is “Cancerian,” a shimmering zodiac anthem, and “Anything At All,” a quintessential Tunstall cut brimming with strummed guitar, delicate string and piano lines, sparkling melody, and delicate storytelling. The EP also features three intimate Still Versions, stripped-down reimagined versions that highlight Tunstall’s unmistakable voice and emotional clarity.
Speaking on “Eye To The Telescope,” Tunstall shares, “The title for my first album was inspired by the times when my physicist Dad, who had a spare set of keys for the Observatory at St Andrew’s university, would randomly get us up in the middle of the night and bundle us into the car in our pajamas to go and look through the huge telescope to see the night sky. When I decided to call the album ‘Eye to the Telescope’, I thought I’d have a go at writing a title track, but what I began writing was so delicate, and I felt that a title track had to be a banger, so I abandoned it. It’s been such a thrill to complete something over 20 years in the making.” ‘The Stargazer’ EP arrives one week before the 20th Anniversary Reissue of ‘Eye To The Telescope’. Originally released in 2004, and hitting charts worldwide in 2005, ‘Eye To The Telescope’ established Tunstall as one of the most distinctive and dynamic artists of her generation and went on to sell over 5 million copies. With multi-platinum global hits including “Black Horse and the Cherry Tree” and “Suddenly I See,” which featured in its entirety in the opening credits of The Devil Wears Prada movie, the album became a cultural touchstone.