Dropping on Friday 5th June, ‘The Worst of Adjust The Sails’ is the first full-length effort from the (mainly) solo songwriter Shane Hurst, who describes himself as “just a sad dude making rad tunes.” Adjust The Sails has been around since 2014, but after a short hiatus returned and entered public consciousness with 2018’s ‘I’m Not Okay, But it’s Okay’ EP. Speaking recently on the Remain Indoors Podcast, Hurst explained that he began to feel like his songs were “overly poetic and sad,” and to overcome writer’s block he realised the “need to make it simpler,” which led him to a creative conclusion: “I can still make sad music, but I can make it poppier.” On this release, Hurst (writing, playing and recording everything on the album) has fleshed out his sound, reworking some old ...
