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The British-Australian musical artist Hana Stretton specializes in ambient folk, seemingly merging samples, field recordings, and original tracks into soft smears of emotion. Her songs inspire warm comparisons to geniuses like Grouper and Claire Rousay, and she's gained a fervent supporter in Phil Elverum, who reissued her 2023 album Soon on his label P.W. Elverum & Suns. Last month, Stretton announced her next LP, tiarn, and shared two powerful new tracks. Today we get two more.
The first, "Seagull Theory II," is designed for imaginary line dancers, with percussion to match their movements. Stretton explains:
When I came to record "Seagull Theory II," I didn’t have the people I needed to make it. Instead, I took a plank of wood from the garage and 5 different pairs of shoes up to my bedroom to try to mimic the sound of a group of people dancing. - but a time came when I knew I had to find people to finish them…. I started tentatively moving out into the world. Quickly, it cascaded.. and now, the songs hold over 50 voices. I was trying, without knowing it, to remind myself of the beauty and abundance that was available if I just took a few steps in the right direction
Stretton's other new one, "As It Was Before This," is more like a textured cloud of beauty. Both songs are highly recommended, so listen below.
tiarn is out 8/7 as a self-release with assists from Lima Limo, P.W. Elverum & Sun, Impartmaint, and Brierfield Flood Rress. Pre-order it here.
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