Ivory Town

Ivory Town

  • 流派:Folk 民谣
  • 语种:英语
  • 发行时间:2016-10-13
  • 类型:Single

简介

IVORY TOWN opens with the ambient plucking of piano strings, silverware hitting a wooden table, and footsteps-on-floorboard percussion, then in swells that soothing 60s Gretsch to anchor you in the musical moments that follow. Humble vocals and unassuming lyrics float over a sound-bed of organic instruments that sound just a little more magical than usual, due to the imaginative and nuanced production of LA-producer Jordan Ruiz. ¬ Six months after arriving in LA from Melbourne for film and music, Angeline (http://www.angelinearmstrong.com) met Jordan at a Dodger’s baseball game and they decided to write together ‘with no agenda, just for the sake of writing.’ What ensued was three writing sessions in a quiet family backyard in Northridge that resulted in three songs, three stories, and three long studio days to complete the record. “The record captured a moment in time that I will never feel again, I’d been living in LA for 6 months and was dealing with that tension of longing for home, but also loving where you are, and feeling that your heart was breaking from trying to be in two places at once. All these songs are about that tension. An ‘Ivory Town’ is the idea that you’re living in a place that is still a blank canvas, still coming into being, still a period of ambiguity and stasis.” It’s the tension of living between two states – of wanting one thing and yet wanting another that is in direct contrast to that. It’s the familiar kind of tension that exists when you move away from home, when you go through heartbreak, when you grow up. That’s what all three songs on the record are about, wanting to be where you are, but also longing for what you’ve left behind. Before moving to LA Angeline performed frequently in Melbourne with full piece band, Haïku, at notable venues such as Ormond Hall, John Curtin House, The Evelyn, The Toff & Grace Darling. With her solo music, she has embraced the underground music scene in Los Angeles, favouring an intimate kind of musical experience that more closely aligns with the personal storytelling nature of the record. Unique venues have ranged from an artist loft in Chinatown, to an old speakeasy in Venice, to a retro bowling alley in Highland Park. Following that trajectory, the EP Release Show will take place on October 13th at a rare records and bookstore in Hollywood, ‘Counterpoint Records.’ Angeline looks forward to returning to Australia in 2017 to continue developing her solo project. With sessions already lined up with writers and producers in both Sydney and Melbourne, she looks forward to performing new material on home ground amongst Melbourne’s burgeoning live music scene.

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