British singer-songwriter and guitarist Anna Calvi was already known for her dark pop songs and cinematic sounds. Not surprisingly, she was asked to provide a soundtrack for the fifth and sixth seasons of the hit series Peaky Blinders. The series revolves around a criminal gang in late 19th/early 20th century Birmingham. A dark setting that seemed right up Calvi's alley. That proved to be true. With
… dark piano chords, chilling guitar work and beautiful tension arcs, Calvi shows himself to be a master at creating atmosphere. The music in the series was widely praised and for Calvi herself it was a valuable experience to write music in which she did not take center stage. In the process, she had the feeling of playing together with main character Tommy Shelby, as if he were a fellow musician. This inspired her so much that she even recorded another EP with only songs inspired by this character, aptly titled Tommy(2022).more
