Released: 17th April 2026
“We were spellbound by her ability to highlight unique perspectives with her songwriting” – Maverick magazine
“Duffy’s first-class writing shines through” – RnR magazine
‘Trying Not To Breathe’ is the fourth single from the warmly-anticipated new album by London-based singer-songwriter, Little Lore aka Tricia Duffy. Inspired by the work of Tennessee Williams, the full album, Being Serafina, will be released in June this year and is named after the central character in Williams’ celebrated play from the 1950s, The Rose Tattoo.
Little Lore: “Being Serafina began as an academic experiment. I wanted to explore whether Method acting techniques could be used as a songwriting device. I signed up for Method acting classes and selected a monologue from a play I loved, The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams. I have been obsessed by Williams’ writing since I was a teenager. I loved and admired his ability to capture such rich female characters. My first song arrived, written from the perspective of the main protagonist in The Rose Tattoo, and so began an intimate love affair of my own with this beautiful, vulnerable, funny and flawed character, Serafina. I had a crazy notion that maybe I could go deeper into character and write an entire album from her perspective. Being Serafina is the result. The album draws on a wide range of genre influences from the folk Americana people know me for along with prog rock, punk and blues peppered into the creative process.”
A burgeoning presence on the UK Americana and singer-songwriter scene, Little Lore has received many plaudits, both for her astute, observational songwriting and for her warm, heartfelt vocals. Add into the mix the lush instrumentation and sumptuous production from her principal musical collaborator, Oli Deakin, and the result is nothing short of magical.
Discussing the new single, the prog-tinged ‘Trying Not To Breathe’, Little Lore explains:
“At this point in the original play by Tennessee Williams, Serafina is off-stage. A necessary device for the momentum of the story because it is here that the audience learns that Rosario, the love of her life, was having a long-term affair for more than a year before he died. The doctor tells her friends that she has lost her baby and is trying not to breathe. He has given her morphine and leaves the group with a syringe to administer more drugs if she tries to get out of bed. As this album is written purely from Serafina’s perspective, I decided that I needed to live her experience of devastated intoxication. The world knows that Rosario was unfaithful, but Serafina remains in the dark. Leaning on prog rock devices to offer the sensation of this drug induced state we hear her loss and confusion unfolding. There is a tension and a back and forth in this song as she goes in and out of her sedated state.”
Renowned New York-based producer and multi-instrumentalist, Oli Deakin,(who records under the name of Lowpines) produced the single and the forthcoming album and, as with previous Little lore releases, provides much of the instrumentation.
‘Trying Not To Breathe’ is released digitally on 17th April 2026 via: https://littlelore.bandcamp.com or https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/littlelore/trying-not-to-breathe?ref=release
Release information ‘Trying Not To Breathe’:
Written and performed by: Little Lore AKA Tricia Duffy
Produced by: Oli Deakin
Drums: Morgan Karabel
All other instruments: Oli Deakin
Artwork and Photography: Richard Cranefield
The Being Serafina project is inspired by the character of Serafina from The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams. Presented by special arrangement with The University of the South, Tennessee, USA.
About Little Lore:
Little Lore is a London based, Indie-Americana singer-storyteller whose songs are both charmingly accessible and beguilingly challenging. You’ll want to listen twice. When you combine British wit and wordplay with cherished Americana roots, musical magic starts to happen. Based in Chiswick, West London, and originally hailing from Portsmouth, Tricia Duffy started her singing career as a teenager, which included a stint on cruise ships in the United States.
Tricia’s solo project Little Lore was created in 2020 during the pandemic. Her debut solo EP, Little Lore, was released in 2021 to glowing reviews. Two further EPs Seven Stories Part One and Seven Stories Part Two were released in late 2023 and early 2024, followed by the EP River Stories in April 2025. Little Lore has become a force to be reckoned with on the UK Americana scene, picking up a slew of enthusiastic reviews and extensive radio airplay – including BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Ulster, Nashville Worldwide Country Radio and the International Americana Music Show. In her songs, Little Lore brings together an affection for the heart and heritage of Americana music, with an intelligence and maturity of storytelling that can sweep you away into new and unexpected emotional worlds.
An enthusiastic advocate for songwriters, she is the UK Chapter Coordinator for NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International), and a member of Ivors Academy and the Americana Music Association UK. She is especially passionate about creating opportunities for female, transgender and non-binary songwriters.
Website: https://littlelore.uk
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