Stephanie McIntosh

Stephanie McIntosh chose the title of her debut album Tightrope for a reason. Plenty of blood, sweat and the odd tear have gone into the two-year gestation, and on the come-out-fighting opening track there's even So Do I Say Sorry First - a bit of a one-finger salute.

The album is an honest document of a modern young woman's life, albeit a particularly busy life that's not slowing down any time soon.

"I feel life is a balancing act. Quite often you have to get from one end to the other, resolve things and get on," McIntosh says. "There's a bit of an analogy for life in there. I feel like I'm walking a tightrope every day."

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