21 July 2023 - 0 Comments

Pōneke/Wellington-based singer-songwriter Ebony Lamb releases a new single My Daughter My Sister My Son on Slow Time Records, the boutique label helmed by acclaimed Aotearoa/New Zealand musician Nadia Reid. Ebony was recently recognised as a Top 20 Finalist for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Awards for her song Take My Hands At Night .

Unfolding with the logic of a dream, My Daughter My Sister My Son is underscored by a shuffling, nocturnal rhythm with nostalgic music-box melodies and sweeping synthesisers. Ebony sings with a husky, honey-soaked croon, reflecting on the importance of close personal connections and dreams amidst the shared impermanence of the world around us. My Daughter My Sister My Son was played and produced with two of New Zealand’s most celebrated musicians, Bic Runga and Kody Nielson (Opossom, Silicon, UMO), who bring a distinctive edge. Ebony reflects on the song, saying: “This track says the things I’d been trying to say at a time when we were all grappling with the unknown in 2020.”

As Ebony’s first release on Slow Time Records (also home to Whanganui musician Anthonie Tonnon) for Ebony, label founder Nadia Reid expresses her enthusiasm for the signing, saying, “I’ve known Ebony for close to 12 years now. I met her as a fireball of positivity in Wellington when she was starting out with Eb and Sparrow (and I was starting out too) and since then we remained as sort of mentors and very close friends. Eb has taken many important portraits of me (including the cover of Preservation) and we’ve watched each other grow through the years.

“I see this new music as an almost ‘arrival’ as a solo (multi-disciplinary) artist. It says I’m here. Bold and perfectly confident. Departing from her band project and stepping into a solo domain is no mean feat. I’m proud Slow Time is adding Ebony Lamb to the stable and releasing her music out to the world.”

Photo Credit: Frances Carter

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