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The Shins were the first band I found that got me into playing guitar,” she says. “My music and lyrics are inspired by how [lead vocalist] James Mercer sings. His lyrics really hit home, but they’re also very strange, and I like that. I find new meanings behind them all the time – they’re like puzzle pieces.” Jojo Orme is not about to let anybody get in her way. The singer-songwriter, who has recently signed to cult indie label Speedy Wunderground [ The Lounge Society, Honeyglaze], has had to overcome doubters and negative forces throughout her life – yet they have only made her stronger. Goods that are faulty or sent in error must be returned to Crash Records Limited, 35 The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PU within 7 working days of the item being received by the customer.

All of these facets of Jojo’s personality bear fruit on A Comforting Notion – the debut EP from Heartworms and the first release for iconic indie label Speedy Wunderground. Orme’s admiration for The Shins extends far enough that she named her project Heartworms after the band’s 2017 album of the same name, a title that Orme enjoys simultaneously for its humour and its darkness. The Heartworms image is entirely her own, however, and her sense of control and self-determination shines through in every photographer of Orme. Her personal fascination with military history plays into that discipline – Orme has just taken a volunteering role at The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon – but it is the same resolve that stirred her into acing her college course.

Boosted by the confidence of such a towering first release and with the promise of major surprises and new music to come in the near future, it seems inevitable that Orme’s doubters will soon be confined to her past. Dystopian. That’s the first adjective anyone ever used to describe south London auteur Heartworms, after the project was brought to life by its architect Jojo Orme. Heartworms is the conduit for Jojo’s entire identity – her laying down a purposefully discomforting challenge to the outside world but also affirming her own self and passions; which include military history (Jojo has just taken a volunteering role at The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon) and the poetry of Pound, Thomas, and Keats.

Coming from small, conservative towns, it’s hard to have your own space and be yourself. I didn’t really find myself for a very, very long time,” she explains. “It’s just nice to be able to be me and to be free in London, because no-one gives a shit about what you do. They’ll forget about you, and if they don’t, they’ll respect you because you’re you.” Orme had initially leaned towards other songs to be her first release on her new label, but after hearing the completed version of ‘Consistent Dedication’ with Speedy Wunderground owner Dan Carey’s production, her mind was made up. A veritable godfather figure in the UK and Ireland’s post-punk and guitar music scenes ( Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C. and Squid are among those to have benefited from his influence and work), Carey was Orme’s dream collaborator long before their paths ever crossed. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

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