Music News - Muse and Memorabilia by Kiri Eriwata - Album out now
27 September 2016 - 0 Comments
Auckland songwriter Kiri Eriwata announces the release of her debut album Muse and Memorabilia on September 27th 2016.
Muse and Memorabilia is a collection of songs refined,
considered and reflected on gives up new layers and depths
on each hearing. Spending much of her time supporting and
teaching other songwriters, and recording backing vocals for international
artists (Sarah Blasko, Jamie Cullum, Bobby McFerrin among them) and local
artists (Hollie Smith, Che Fu), Kiri draws from a lifetime
of songwriting and performing to craft this release.
This wealth of experience informs the nine originals on Muse and
Memorabilia, produced and recorded by Neil Baldock at Roundhead
and Revolver Studios in Auckland.
Drawing on a pool of sympathetic and supportive talent — including drummer
Nick Gaffaney and Willy Scott, guitarists Neil Watson, Brett
Adams, Derek Solomon and Christine White, bassist Bones Hillman and
keyboard players Steph Brown and Godfrey De Grut (among others, Jol
Mullholland adding guitars and “weird sample noises”), the album's reach
is as broad as Eriwata's background.
From the propulsive, widescreen and soulfully delivered rock
of Watch Over Me and the hard-edged Hotel or Car through
the emotional ache of the ballad Not My Lover and radio-friendly
pop-chime of Baby Come Round to the blues yearn of Goodbye
Chicago and snappy funk of Get Back Home there is a wealth
of emotional and musical experience pressed into this diverse yet
consistent album.
And her lyrics reflect the consideration she pays to them. “I don't think
I've ever written a song purely about one incident,” she
says, “because I try to grasp the intent of the emotion, and often
fabricate or use some other instances to strengthen the intent. “I'm
often drawn to writing with a sense of discord, friction, conflicting
emotions, tension, minor drops and lilts in phrasing.”
Muse and Memorabilia defies quick or casual assessment: The
mysterious Mohicans (music by Neil Baldock) works between the
epic and the intimate; Goodbye Chicago may or may not be about
leaving a relationship; the meaning of I Love You But as
unequivocal but as loaded as its title . . .
“The title Muse and Memorabilia is the inspiration and acknowledgement
of the people in my music life,” she says, “and the memories of it. I
look back at it like you would a photo album … with some pretty
magic shots.”
Muse and Memorabilia is now available for purchase from all
good digital retail outlets including iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp.
Physical CDs also available from Bandcamp.
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