Music News - Tessa de Lyon announces 'Tessa’s Album' alongside the single 'Theme Song' and music video starring ducks
08 November 2024 - 0 Comments
Tessa’s first release under her own solo
nom-de-plume on Home Alone records came about following Mystery Waitress
progressing from a solo project to a full bodied band. Wanting to have a place
for her more introspective work, and having reconnected with playing the piano
she embarked on recording a series of songs which became this new release, due
out on the 15th of November, simply titled Tessa’s Album.
The first and only single Theme Song alongside a music video starring ducks is out on the 8th of November
The artist name ‘Tessa de Lyon’ - the supposed roots of her actual surname, literally meaning people who came from Lyon in France. Leaning into this idea, Tessa de Lyon is a flag waving, Joan of Arc-esque character for whom the music is a sword thrust into the past to destroy its haunting power.
Tessa’s Album is focused on the concept of fighting with this haunted past, but it does so in a brave and lighthearted manner which is almost childish in its attitude. Small moments of victory are celebrated as epic feats, putting a skirt on, putting a postcard up on the wall, finding the missing duck. Skipping alongside these moments is a cheerful banjo (played by Alexander ‘Honey’ Boulton). The album also features violin and vocals from one of Wellington’s best kept secrets and founder of Home Alone Music, Timothy Blackman. The album also features Olivia Campion (drums), Hikurangi Schaverien-Kaa (drums on Olivia’s Boots) and was recorded and engineered by Brooke Singer (French for Rabbits).
Tessa de Lyon is in love with the smaller victories in life, appreciating having the capacity to be appreciative, healing through recognition of what we’ve got right now.
Caressed in soft melodies, each song intimately addresses a portion of struggle; family members with mental health issues, ‘losing your mind’ and not being taken seriously, falling in love with someone with a long term-illness, and a song about a toxic friendship that took years to recover from. A strong believer in using art as a sort of therapy, Tessa de Lyon needed to transform these experiences into something less painful, something to learn from and not be ignored. They’re not pretty topics, but the music can be.
The album is available to pre-order digitally on Bandcamp, and will be available on streaming services.
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