{"product_id":"beth-orton-daybreaker","title":"Beth Orton - Daybreaker","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBeth Orton - Daybreaker\u003c\/strong\u003e returns to vinyl with the third full-length studio album from the British singer-songwriter. Originally released in 2002, the record followed the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eTrailer Park\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCentral Reservation\u003c\/em\u003e, albums that had helped establish Orton as one of the key voices at the intersection of folk songwriting and electronic production during the late 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaybreaker\u003c\/em\u003e represents a shift in emphasis. While traces of Orton's earlier genre-blurring style remain, the album leans more strongly into organic arrangements, acoustic instrumentation and a traditional singer-songwriter framework. The writing is expansive and emotionally detailed, with arrangements designed to support rather than dominate the songs. It is a record that connects the atmosphere of her earlier work with the more stripped-back direction she would continue to explore later in the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album also reflects Orton's place within a wider network of musicians who moved comfortably between folk, rock, electronic and alternative scenes. Rather than being tied to one production style, \u003cem\u003eDaybreaker\u003c\/em\u003e uses its varied palette to emphasise the character of each song, shifting between intimate passages and fuller ensemble arrangements while keeping Orton's voice and lyrical perspective at the centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Parlophone vinyl edition is pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e140g Black Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e and is scheduled for release on 2 October 2026. For listeners who first encountered Beth Orton through the atmospheric textures of her 1990s records, \u003cem\u003eDaybreaker\u003c\/em\u003e remains an important bridge toward the more openly organic and song-focused records that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen in the context of her catalogue, \u003cem\u003eDaybreaker\u003c\/em\u003e is especially interesting because it does not simply abandon the exploratory qualities of Orton's earlier records. Instead, it folds them into a more traditional song-based framework. The arrangements feel more grounded, but the sense of space and atmosphere remains. That tension between folk-rooted writing and subtly modern production is one of the qualities that makes the album such an effective midpoint between her 1990s breakthrough and the more stripped-back work that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parlophone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58728649621878,"sku":"1200214395056","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/6450\/6005\/files\/daybreaker.webp?v=1789487207","url":"https:\/\/www.stickyblacktarmac.com\/products\/beth-orton-daybreaker","provider":"Sticky Black Tarmac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}