Around | Ngaiire
May 24th 2013 21:55
Around
Second Single From Debut Album Lamentations
Second Single From Debut Album Lamentations
Anticipation for Ngaiire’s debut LP Lamentations is rapidly building in the wake of first single ‘Dirty Hercules’, the fierce song that propelled the diminutive Sydney-via-Papua New Guinea artist around the nation during March and April.
Accompanied by an authoritative and provoking video clip, which premiered on triple j’s Home & Hosed site and quickly popped up on Rage, ‘Dirty Hercules’ impressed radio presenters across the country, grabbing the attention – and the airwaves – of ABC and community stations alike.
Now, the formidable creative force – and face of future soul in Australia - is proud to announce the release of second single ‘Around’ – a piece of music that once again represents Ngaiire’s unique diversity, taste and extraordinary talent.
‘Around’ muses upon the appeal of having someone fight for you, delving into the relentless push and pull of relationships when one shoulders more than the other. It deconstructs love as an equally thankless operation and a reckless act of surrender to another’s cause questioning each others strengths, motives, and ability to find hope in the hopeless.
As with ‘Dirty Hercules’, ‘Around’s characteristically questioning lyrics – expand on Ngaiire’s natural inquisitiveness into relationships and human behaviour, however with its ethereal production and delicate vocal lines it presents a contrasting aesthetic when compared with the album’s lead single further more reflecting her distinctive writing style with Japan based collaborator and pianist Aaron Choulai and Sydney producer and bassist Tim Curnick.
Ngaiire has been building a reputation for herself as one of the country’s most recognisable and dynamic artists since being named alongside Kimbra, Lanie Lane, and The Jezabels in triple j’s 2010 Next Crop list. Since then Ngaiire has moved to Sydney after a brief stint studying for a Jazz degree at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music, embarked on a long period of touring overseas and in Australia with roots collective Blue King Brown, mentor and electronic maestro Paul Mac and gypsy jazz outfit Monsieur Camembert.
Journeying from folk soul to jazz hop to indie pop to everything in between, Ngaiire has finally settled on an eclectic sonic identity that is uniquely hers and one that can easily transcend universal territories with its electronic soul elements as well as gratify the folk sphere with her great adoration for storytelling and heartfelt laments.
Despite having already exhibited an incredible level of determination and resilience - between the car accident which left her with spinal fractures a day before recording to the death of a close relative upon the album’s completion – it is Ngaiire’s inimitable style, natural creativity and divine song craft that have her on track to bring future soul movements to their knees, worldwide.
Around Single Launch
Thursday 27 June - Venue 505
Doors 6PM for cocktail hour. Show starts 8.30PM [$16 bf]
280 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
280 Cleveland Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
‘Dirty Hercules’ is at once the flamboyant sound of the future
– Beat Magazine
– Beat Magazine
If this track is any indication of the direction the rest of the album will take, Lamentations could be one album to keep an eye out for this year and may well see this diminutive chanteuse make surprisingly big waves worldwide.
- Soul Bounce
- Soul Bounce
Seriously I haven’t been this excited by a voice since Amy. Shades of Erykah Badu are easy to pick up in this track but Ngaiire is not so easily classifiable, her voice resonates with all the rich history of great female soul singers from Billie to Janis, whilst her music takes influence from early twentieth century jazz harmonies as much as from soul and polyphonic Pacific song. As a poet, she’s got a mastery of sharp imagery and lingering poetic hooks.
- Lapkat.com
- Lapkat.com
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