Nut

Nut is the seventh studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, and the third and final album in the "soul, body and mind" trilogy. It was released on 9 September 2022, following the first two albums of the trilogy, Kin (2016) and Wax (2018). The first songs released from the album were "Canyons", "I Am the Pilot" and the lead single "Private Eyes". Background Tunstall announced the release of Nut on 28 May 2022, completing her trilogy of albums based on "soul, body and mind", with Nut being about the mind. Tunstall started working on the record during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, alongside writing music for a musical. The album was written and recorded during a profound period of change for Tunstall, including hearing loss, heightened self-awareness, love and a global pandemic. The album artwork was created by Josh McCartney. On naming the album, Tunstall declared "nut" is a word that refers to mind or brain in Scottish slang. She also states "I love that the word also means a seed – the album artwork is all about the brain being a garden; you reap what you sow, you need to keep the weeds at bay, and there is an almost supernatural beauty to when things blossom".