Earlier this year singer/songwriter, jasmine.4.t released her debut album, You Are The Morning. A raw and hopeful collection of songs produced by Julien Baker, Lucy Dacus and Phoebe Bridgers – who signed jasmine.4.t to her label, Saddest Factory Records.
Now jasmine.4.t releases You Are The Morning (YBT Deluxe), a new edition featuring five new songs including new single, ‘I Can’t Believe I Did This Without You.’ The album is dedicated to queer friendship and this Deluxe is specifically for jasmine.4.t’s friend Yulia Trot of who she says, ‘This deluxe version of my record is dedicated to political prisoner Yulia Trot aka YBT. I met Yulia at the first queer event I ever attended. It was six months after I had come out, and I was still living in Bristol but staying with friends in Manchester. Yulia and I became really close – she taught me how to do my makeup over FaceTime, supported me through my marriage ending, and when I became homeless I moved onto the sofa of her one-bed flat in Manchester until I found a room. She stayed by my side through the toughest times of my life, giving me the strength to carry on through my transition, and in time we became each others’ chosen family. When I started performing as Jasmine, she would come on the road with me as roadie/security. There were a few times when she put herself between me and men twice her size who wished to harm me.
One evening in November 2024, while we were recording a live session for 6 Music, we heard news that Yulia had been arrested that day in a violent raid on her home. She is one of the Filton 24, arrestees alleged to be connected with a group of actionists entering the UK headquarters of Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit systems in August 2024, where £1m worth of damage was said to be caused. This included killer Israeli drones that have been reported to target Palestinian children in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Please support Yulia’s friends and family with visit costs and read more at freeyulia.com and follow @freethefilton24 on Instagram.”
jasmine.4.t will also be playing the following dates across the UK this November.
11th Nov – Scala, London, UK
12th Nov – Thekla, Bristol, UK
13th Nov – The Art School, Glasgow, UK
15th Nov – Academy 2, Dublin, IE
16th Nov – Gorilla, Manchester, UK
