Northum­ber­land singer-song­writer The Ear­ly Pur­ple (Matt Sax­on) has just released new sin­gle Sum­mer Hide, tak­en from his debut EP out 12 May. To cel­e­brate there’s a home­town show in New­cas­tle in May and hope­ful­ly more to fol­low around the coun­try. The song opens beau­ti­ful­ly: shim­mer­ing, plucked gui­tar strings lead­ing into Mat­t’s wist­ful vocals. It’s reminiscent…