Maya Delilah has released her stunning full-length debut album The Long Way Round, as well as the poignant new video for ‘Man of the House’. The London-based singer, songwriter, and guitarist was recently named a 2025 Spotify “Artist To Watch”, another sure sign of her rising star after she was named to the Fender Next “Class of 2024”. Her debut album makes good on that promise by bringing all the elements of her art together — the intimacy, the ability, the inspiration, the depth, the lightness — into one striking work.
To celebrate the release, Maya Delilah recently announced a series of intimate in-store performances and signing. The tour will take Maya across the UK, with stops in Leeds, Bristol, Brighton, London, Kingston and Oxford. Tickets include a pre-order of the album, available in CD, vinyl, or digital format. Tickets are available here.
While the 12 songs on The Long Way Round are steeped in soul-pop, they also contain rich strains of country and blues, hints of gospel and choral music, and one full serving of unvarnished funk. “This album is a combination of so many parts of me,” says Maya. “I get so influenced by different genres, people, places, and experiences that it’s always felt hard for me to fit my music into a consistent sound or mood. It took me a long time (hence The Long Way Round) to realize that it’s a beautiful thing to have a body of work that explores so many different influences.”
Maya’s muse isn’t the only thing tying The Long Way Round together. The opening track ‘Begin Again’ introduces a powerful theme. As she looks back at her first car, her first kiss, her first home, she returns to the gentle hook: “Another day, another end / Oh, we begin again.” The idea of cycles frames the set as the album goes on. Depending on your interpretation, The Long Way Round could be about regaining trust in love or losing it entirely. Shuffled, these songs could trace the arc of one relationship from inception to end, or it could be the bridge between a failed romance and a thrilling new one, or it’s a dozen separate vignettes. With these songs Maya proves herself a master of not just an evocative guitar solo, but of capturing life’s biggest contradiction: why everything matters all the time and also why it’s not that deep.
The Long Way Round In-Store Dates:
March 29th – Vinyl Whistle, Leeds
March 30th – Rough Trade, Bristol
March 31st – Resident, Brighton
April 1st – Rough Trade East, London
April 2nd – Banquet, Kingston
April 3rd – Truck Store, Oxford
2025 Live & Festivals:
May 3rd – 4th – Liverpool’s Sound City 2025, UK
May 3rd – Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025, UK
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