MAYA DELILAH TAKES THE LONG WAY ROUND DEBUT ALBUM OUT NOW
NEW SINGLE ‘MAN OF THE HOUSE’ OUT NOW – WATCH MUSIC VIDEO HERE
28 MARCH 2025 (TORONTO, ON) — Maya Delilah has released her stunning full-length debut album The Long Way Round via Decca, Blue Note/Capitol, 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 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.
WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “MAN OF THE HOUSE”
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.”
Making the album was also a literal journey, from a barn-based studio in Devon, England, to a home studio in Los Angeles, and back to various rooms across London. All with a cast of friends new and old, including producers Peter Miles, Josh Grant, Doug Schadt, Seth Tackaberry, and Aquilo’s Ben Fletcher and Tom Higham, as well as collaborators including Samm Henshaw, Grace Lightman, members of FIZZ, organist Cory Henry, and drummer Aaron Sterling (John Mayer, Taylor Swift).
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.
“My biggest hope is that the album feels nostalgic to someone I’ve never met before,”says Maya. It’s an interesting thought given how uniquely “Maya” this set is, but that’s exactly what makes it work as intended. The warm glow, the wry smile, a sense of loss, and a yearning for renewal — we’re right there with her as she looks back, and ahead, at The Long Way Round.
A 24-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist from North London, Maya Delilah attended the prestigious BRIT School whose alumni include Adele, Amy Winehouse, and FKA twigs, among many others. After two self-released EPs, she began releasing music on Blue Note/Capitol in 2022, reinterpreting Cassandra Wilson’s cover of Neil Young’s ‘Harvest Moon’ for Blue Note Re:imagined II, and following with a string of singles including ‘Silver Lining’ and ‘Pretty Face’, she counts today more than 50 million streams.
Praised by The Line of Best Fit and Evening Standard, and tipped as a ‘New Face for 2025’ by The Sun - SFTW, Maya also received multiple spins on BBC Radio 1’s Future Pop, Future Artists (Jack Saunders, Tara Kumar, Sian Eleri), and have been championed by Gilles Peterson, Craig Charles and Nick Grimshaw on 6Music. Her latest single ‘Maya Maya Maya’ was also supported by John Mayer, one of her biggest inspirations, on his Life With John Mayer show. She supported indie pop supergroup FIZZ and performed at the Brasserie Zédel for Women in Jazz. This summer, Maya graced the lineups of several UK festivals, including Boardmasters and Cross The Tracks.
Maya was named to the Fender Next ‘Class of 2024’ — a huge co-sign from the guitar brand she’s been playing since age 8 — and has just been named a 2025 Spotify ‘Artist To Watch’. Maya will be on the bill of Liverpool’s Sound City 2025 festival, and more live performances will be announced soon. With such major milestones already under her belt, Maya is set to make 2025 her year.
The Long Way Round tracklist:
1. Begin Again
2. Look At the State of Me Now
3. Man of the House
4. Maya Maya Maya
5. Jeffrey (Feat Cory Henry)
6. Squeeze
7. Actress
8. Did I Dream It All
9. I’ll Be There In The Morning
10. My Balloon
11. Necklace
12. Never With You
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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