Bess Atwell

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Bess Harriet Hildick-Smith, known professionally as Bess Atwell, was born on September 24, 1994, in South London. She grew up in Cambridgeshire and Sussex before attending Brighton College. Atwell began her musical journey by learning guitar through Taylor Swift songs and was significantly influenced by a Johnny Flynn concert. Her debut full-length album, Hold Your Mind, was released on July 8, 2016, when she was just 19 years old. Three years later, she released her first EP, Big Blue. Atwell's second full-length album, Already, Always, came out on September 24, 2021. Her third full-length album, Light Sleeper, produced by Aaron Dessner, was released on May 24, 2024 and received positive reviews. Notable singles include "Cobbled Streets" (2016), "Swimming Pool" (2018), and "Sylvester" (2023).

Top tracks

01	The Weeping	Bess Atwell	The Weeping			05:08
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
01	Everyone Who's Not In Love With You Is Wrong	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			02:21
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
08	Red Light Heaven	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:29
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
01	Co-op	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:45
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
07	Time Comes in Roses	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:11
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
02	Release Myself	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:38
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
10	Nobody	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			02:28
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
09	Crowds	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			04:16
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
07	How Do You Leave (Billie Marten & Ellie Mason Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			04:19
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Ellie Mason - Joe Keogh - Billie Marten / Composers: Bess Atwell - Ellie Mason - Joe Keogh - Billie Marten
01	Sylvester	Bess Atwell	Sylvester			04:13
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
05	Love Is Not Enough	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:23
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
06	How Do You Leave	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			04:28
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Joe Keogh / Composers: Bess Atwell - Joe Keogh
08	I Am Awake	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:04
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
01	Where I Left Us	Bess Atwell	Where I Left Us			03:03
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
02	All You Can Do	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:04
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
01	Time Comes in Roses (Igor Haefeli Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			04:00
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Igor Alexandre Haefeli / Composers: Bess Atwell - Igor Alexandre Haefeli
04	Dolly	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			02:55
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
03	Silver Fir	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			04:45
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
09	Olivia, in a Separate Bed	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:47
	Writer: Robin Pecknold / Composers: Robin Pecknold
07	Darling Boulevard	Goddess	Goddess			03:18
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell - Fay Milton
04	Fan Favourite	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:36
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith

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Discography

Albums

Light Sleeper

℗ 2024 Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 24-05-2024

Light Sleeper

01	Everyone Who's Not In Love With You Is Wrong	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			02:21
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
02	Release Myself	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:38
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
03	Sylvester	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			04:13
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
04	Fan Favourite	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:36
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
05	The Weeping	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			05:08
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
06	Something Now	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			03:07
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith - David Pentecost / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith - David Pentecost
07	Spinning Sun	Bess Atwell	Light Sleeper			04:00
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith

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Already, Rearranged

Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 16-09-2022

Already, Rearranged

01	Time Comes in Roses (Igor Haefeli Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			04:00
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Igor Alexandre Haefeli / Composers: Bess Atwell - Igor Alexandre Haefeli
02	Nobody (Chartreuse Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			02:36
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Michael Wagstaff - Rory Wagstaff - Harriet Wilson - Perry Lovering / Composers: Bess Atwell - Michael Wagstaff - Rory Wagstaff - Harriet Wilson - Perry Lovering
03	Silver Fir (grow fins Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			05:27
	Writer: Bess Atwell - David Anderson Rhodes Pentecost / Composers: Bess Atwell - David Anderson Rhodes Pentecost
04	Co-op (Liz Lawrence Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			04:53
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Elizabeth Lawrence / Composers: Bess Atwell - Elizabeth Lawrence
05	All You Can Do (Tony Njoku Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			03:20
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Tony Njoku / Composers: Bess Atwell - Tony Njoku
06	Red Light Heaven (Bess Atwell Re-Edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			03:02
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
07	How Do You Leave (Billie Marten & Ellie Mason Re-edit)	Bess Atwell	Already, Rearranged			04:19
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Ellie Mason - Joe Keogh - Billie Marten / Composers: Bess Atwell - Ellie Mason - Joe Keogh - Billie Marten

Already, Always

Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 24-09-2021

Already, Always

01	Co-op	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:45
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
02	All You Can Do	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:04
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
03	Silver Fir	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			04:45
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
04	Dolly	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			02:55
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
05	Love Is Not Enough	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:23
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
06	How Do You Leave	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			04:28
	Writer: Bess Atwell - Joe Keogh / Composers: Bess Atwell - Joe Keogh
07	Time Comes in Roses	Bess Atwell	Already, Always			03:11
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell

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Hold Your Mind

Bullnose Hoop Records: 08-07-2016

Hold Your Mind

01	A Thousand Lovers	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			03:54
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
02	Washed And Dried	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			04:05
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
03	Jesse	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			05:06
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
04	Candid	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			03:36
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
05	Help Me Believe	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			04:13
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
06	Cobbled Streets	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			03:35
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
07	Hold Your Mind	Bess Atwell	Hold Your Mind			04:01
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell

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EPs

More Than Science

(P) 2024 Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 30-08-2024

More Than Science

01	Where I Left Us	Bess Atwell	More Than Science			03:03
	Composers: Bess Atwell
02	More Than Science	Bess Atwell	More Than Science			04:13
	Composers: Bess Atwell
03	Anything You Ask	Bess Atwell	More Than Science			04:00
	Composers: Bess Atwell

Singles

Where I Left Us

℗ 2024 Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 22-07-2024

Where I Left Us

01	Where I Left Us	Bess Atwell	Where I Left Us			03:03
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell

The Weeping

Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 29-11-2023

The Weeping

01	The Weeping	Bess Atwell	The Weeping			05:08
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith
02	Sylvester	Bess Atwell	The Weeping			04:13
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith

Sylvester

Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 11-10-2023

Sylvester

01	Sylvester	Bess Atwell	Sylvester			04:13
	Writer: Bess Hildick-Smith / Composers: Bess Hildick-Smith

All You Can Do

Bess Atwell under exclusive license to Real Kind Records: 01-06-2021

All You Can Do

01	All You Can Do	Bess Atwell	All You Can Do			03:04
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
02	Time Comes in Roses	Bess Atwell	All You Can Do			03:11
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell
03	Co-op	Bess Atwell	All You Can Do			03:45
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell

Cobbled Streets

℗ 2016 Bullnose Hoop Records: 10-06-2016

Cobbled Streets

01	Cobbled Streets	Bess Atwell	Cobbled Streets			03:35
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell

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Goddess

℗ 2025 Bella Union: 30-05-2025

Goddess

01	Little Dark	Goddess	Goddess			04:56
	Writer: Shingai Shoniwa / Composers: Fay Milton - Shingai Shoniwa
02	Shadows	Goddess	Goddess			04:14
	Writer: Elena Tonra / Composers: Fay Milton - Elena Tonra
03	Animal	Goddess	Goddess			03:21
	Writer: Blane Muise (Shygirl) / Composers: Fay Milton - Blane Muise (Shygirl)
04	Fuckboy	Goddess	Goddess			03:08
	Writer: Blane Muise (Shygirl) / Composers: Fay Milton - Blane Muise (Shygirl)
05	Golden	Goddess	Goddess			03:35
	Writer: Manuel Agnelli - Fay Milton / Composers: Manuel Agnelli
06	Bad Child	Goddess	Goddess			03:27
	Writer: Isabel Munoz-Newsome / Composers: Isabel Munoz-Newsome - Fay Milton
07	Darling Boulevard	Goddess	Goddess			03:18
	Writer: Bess Atwell / Composers: Bess Atwell - Fay Milton

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Island Perimeter

℗ 2024 Route 500: 12-04-2024

Island Perimeter

01	Island Perimeter	Route 500	Island Perimeter			02:55
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
02	Wrong Colour	Route 500	Island Perimeter			03:54
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
03	I'll Play You Out	Route 500	Island Perimeter			02:44
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
04	Hit Zero	Route 500	Island Perimeter			03:42
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
05	Resubmerge	Route 500	Island Perimeter			01:42
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
06	The Slowest Sting	Route 500	Island Perimeter			04:20
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver
07	Not Today	Route 500	Island Perimeter			05:15
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver

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I'll Play You Out

Route 500: 17-02-2023

I'll Play You Out

01	I'll Play You Out	Route 500	I'll Play You Out			02:44
	Writer: Derek Inver / Composers: Derek Inver

Folklore Volume 1

OIB Records under exclusive licence: 01-07-2018

Folklore Volume 1

01	Out Of Harms' Way	George Ogilvie	Folklore Volume 1			04:20
02	Chance	Oktoba	Folklore Volume 1			04:44
03	All I Deserve, Is Not You	Jacko Hooper	Folklore Volume 1			05:13
04	Pearl	Bess Atwell	Folklore Volume 1			03:36

Sober (Again) (feat. Bess Atwell)

Elanor Moss: 06-07-2022

Sober (Again) (feat. Bess Atwell)

01	Sober (Again) (feat. Bess Atwell)	Elanor Moss	Sober (Again) (feat. Bess Atwell)			03:36
	Writer: Elanor Milne / Composers: Elanor Milne