“When Is Tasha Coming Home?” is a 6 track EP based on the concept on Call Me Unique in a conversation from her inner self. Stories taken from as far back as childhood up to adult age, this EP began as clips from old diary pages that she found. It then evolved into words, thoughts and feelings Call Me Unique has not yet publicly divulged, hoping that audiences find some of the stories healing in a thought provoking way. Touching upon subjects such as imposter syndrome, depression, heartbreak, loneliness and pain whilst also expressing hope, strength, resilience and determination to grow.
This is the most honest and gut-wrenching piece of Unique’s work to date.
From “Assertive”s - a depiction of how love may not be enough to hold onto a relationship, “Pressure” - the pressures of being “the best version of yourself” and society’s idealism of “being a good person”, “Daddy Time” an honest and heartfelt letter to her father, “My Sly Cry” hearing from her younger self about the roads she took towards the creation of “Unique” - her alter ego, “Thank You” a breather from the somber songs to remind everyone of just how grateful “Call Me Unique” is for the good times and finally… “Wordsworth” - the tale of Unique’s car accident and the reality that words have power, ending in a mantra of “wishing you a long existence” to the listener. This whole EP is an honest look into what it took to make and sometimes break this artist into who she is today.
lyrics
See I don't feel very special
To my family or my friends
See half of them don't dare support me
Or even dare try to pretend
See I've tried so hard to fit in but I guess I'm just one of them
Who'll have to work hard to be noticed
Most of you will understand
See I don't feel very supported
And I feel like it's a shame
It took me 3 years to get recorded
Still in progress, on it's way
Please don't tell me All In Time My Love
Cuz my time was here from day
And as I'm trying as I'm crying
Most of you all can relate
See I don't feel very special
To my family or my friends
See half of them don't dare support me
Or even dare try to pretend
See I've tried so hard to fit in but I guess I'm just one of them
Who'll have to work hard to be noticed
Most of you will understand
I remember that one day
My daddy said - Go and give up
Said this music thing was stupid
And I can't make it to the top
I felt like a disappointment
Felt like no one wish luck
And as I'm trying, as I'm crying
Most of you all can relate
See I don't feel very special
To my family or my friends
See half of them don't dare support me
Or even dare try to pretend
See I've tried so hard to fit in but I guess I'm just one of them
Who'll have to work hard to be noticed
Most of you will understand
I wish my mother came to one of my performances
And saw how much the people sing
Along to what her daughter writ
I wish my hommies from school came and showed love at my gigs
Stopped being cold and bothered like
My Facebook page and all that stuff
I wish that other artists supported other kinds of artists
Stopped being snobs and on high horses
Stopped begging fame to get them noticed
I wish that you right there would take a minute just to spare
Don't give me facts or give me air
This space is left for you right there
Cuz I'm trying hard to be
The best that I could possibly
So could you bother hearing me
So could you bother hearing me
See I don't feel very special
To my family or my friends
See half of them don't dare support me
Or even dare try to pretend
See I've tried so hard to fit in, but I guess I'm just one of them
Who'll have to work hard to be noticed
Most of you will understand
credits
from When Is Tasha Coming Home?,
released May 26, 2023
Co-produced by Call Me Unique & Reuben Reynolds.
Mixed and mastered by IdbM (2021).
Recorded at “The Mushrooms” recording studio (Birmingham, UK) with Elliot Vaughan & Reuben Reynolds (2021), Dovecote Studio at Snape Maltings (Suffolk, UK) via Reuben Reynolds (2020) & home recordings via Call Me Unique & Reuben Reynolds (2019).
Supported by PRS Foundation via “The Open Fund 2019” and Britten Pears “artist residency fund” via PRS Foundation (2020).
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