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Mar 17, 2025 By Issa Nasatir Photography by James Robjant

The late Marianne Faithfull, who died in January, will receive one final sendoff by Decca Records with the posthumous release of the EP Burning Moonlight. The title track has been shared. Listen to it below, followed by the EP’s tracklist and cover artwork.

Faithfull’s last release was 2021’s spoken word album, She Walks In Beauty, done alongside Warren Ellis. The EP was produced by Head (aka Howard Bullivant), with Rob Ellis, her grandson Oscar Dunbar, and Andrew Batt, with artwork by Australian artist David Frazer.

Head first worked with Faithfull on 2004’s Before the Poison. About the EP, he says in a press release: “I’m so happy we found a time when Marianne felt able to write and sing again. When she asked me to produce these songs, we were all aware that her health had made things difficult but, in true Marianne fashion, she persevered, and I think we were able to go in a new direction again—something she always tried to push herself to do throughout her long career.”

The first single is a true ballad, carried by acoustic guitar and lightly accompanied by electric guitar, a tambourine, and subtle harmonies.

“It’s a good time to look back,” Faithfull said after completing the project. “It helps me to remember all the things I’ve done. I can’t say I’m a particularly nostalgic person, but I am enjoying this period of reflection.”

Burning Moonlight EP Tracklist:

1. Burning Moonlight
2. Love Is
3. Three Kinsmen Bold
4. She Moved Thru’ The Fair

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