Laura Fell — Safe from Me(Nov. 20, 2020)♦ Můžeme někdy skutečně poznat a pomoci druhému, aniž bychom nejprve porozuměli a milovali sami sebe a přijímali své nedokonalosti? Osobní zápas vyvolaný touto otázkou se váže kolem Safe From Me, debutového alba z Londýna od Laury Fell. •⇔• Debut Laury Fell je album uklidňujícím způsobem povědomé, ale nabité nadpozemským vzrušením. Srdcem vize Laury Fell je určitý druh statečnosti. Safe from Me přesně naznačuje, jak odhodlaně si to uvědomila, bez ohledu na cenu. Výsledky naznačují, že se investice zcela jasně vyplatila. Ve dne psychoterapeutka, po večerech písničkářka a toto debutové album „Safe from Me“ je díky tomu hledáním odpovědí od ženy, od které se vždy očekává, že ji budete mít po ruce a sebepotrestající frustraci, kterou tento předpoklad přináší. Navzdory tomu, že jde o její debutové album, se Laura Fell nebojí experimentovat a posouvat hranice svého hlasu a vidění. Safe From Me je letos v zimě náladové, tajemné, majestátní a stojí za vaši pozornost. •⇔• Psychoterapeutka ve dne, nadcházející debutové album Laury Fell, „Safe from Me“, je hledáním odpovědí od ženy, od které se vždy očekává, že ji bude mít po ruce, a sebepotrestající frustraci, kterou tento předpoklad přináší. Oddanost této cestě sebeobjevování byla od nepopiratelná, natolik, že její kolegové zpochybňovali její zdravý rozum. Když Fell obdržela tři zakázky na financování nahrávky, bylo rozhodnuto, že skladby půjdou daleko za jejich genezi pouhé akustické kytary a tak shromáždila klasicky vyškolené hudebníky, aby plně realizovali její vizi. Fell začala hrát hudbu až ve 25 letech, když se poezie, kterou psala téměř deset let, dala chápat spíše v písničkové podobě. Tento talent se táhne napříč albem „Safe from Me“; Fell vás zve na obdělanou půdu, dokud nenarazíte na zlato, a nakonec se objeví jeho význam. •⇔• „Safe From Me“ je nadčasový debut. Je zabalen do jemnějších aranží a předvádí schopnost Laury Fell upozornit na detail bez námahy. Vhodné pro fans Courtney Marie Andrews a Brandi Carlile.
Location: London, UK Album release: November 20, 2020 Record Label: Balloon Machine Records Duration: 33:56 Tracks: 1. Glad 5:51 2. Bone of Contention 4:54 3. Cold 3:36 4. Left Foot / Right Foot 3:39 5. Every Time 2:42 6. Until Now 3:59 7. Safe from Me 5:25 8. I Didn’t Mean To 3:50 Credits: ♣ All music & lyrics by Laura Fell (excepting Track 4 — Left Foot Right Foot — co~written with Gus White) ♣ Laura Fell — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (Track 8) ♣ Chris Hyson — Electric Bass, Piano, Synths, Vocals ♣ Alex Haines — Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals ♣ Lloyd Haines — Drums & Percussion Additional musicians: ♣ Linus Fenton — Double Bass (Tracks 2,3,5) ♣ Josh Arcoleo — Saxophone (Track 6) ♣ James Copus — Flugelhorn (Track 4) Trumpet (Track 6) ♣ Joe Webb — Rhodes (Track 2) ♣ Francesca Ter~Berg — Cello (Track 1, 7) ♣ Gus White — Acoustic Guitar (Track 1, 4, 6) Vocals (Track 1, 3, 4, 5) ♣ Alex Killpartrick — Percussion (Track 3) Synths (Track 2, 7, 8) Vocals (Track 1) ♣ Produced & Arranged by Chris Hyson ♣ Additional Production — Lloyd Haines & Alex Killpartrick ♣ Recorded by Alex Killpartrick at Giant Wafer Studios, Llandrindod Wells, in April 2019 ♣ Mixed & Mastered by Alex Killpartrick
Review By Craig Howieson⌊23 NOVEMBER 2020, 08:49 GMT⌋ Score: 9 ♦ Can we ever truly know and help another, without first understanding and loving ourselves, accepting our imperfections? The personal wrestle raised by this question ties itself around Safe from Me, the debut album from London based Laura Fell.
The fact that Fell is a psychotherapist provides fertile ground for music writers; a chance to pour over liner notes and lyrics to extract profound statements and guidance. But Safe from Me is far from a self~help manual, it is a deep dive inwards. Fell attempts to chip away at the mortar of the walls we build around ourselves, crafting a personal reflection in the hope of finding understanding. ♦ Unpacking the often difficult elements of her own life and applying the same advice to herself that she gives to others Fell accepts that there are no quick answers, but indeterminate journeys to realisations that may allow you to know yourself that little bit better. The seriousness with which she has approached this self~analysis is evident in the pristine curation of the eight tracks that make up Safe from Me. ♦ In unearthing every nuanced detail and surrounding herself with an impeccable host of musicians Fell has ensured a timelessness to her record free from the strict constraints of genre. Very few debuts can boast the luscious layering of Fleet Foxes (“Glad”), the deathly knock of Tom Waits (“Cold”) and the old before their time wisdom of Laura Marling (“Every Time”). It feels like an album made by a lover of albums, where every quiver of cello, coo of saxophone and plink of Rhodes piano has been carefully mapped out. ♦ Fells powerful poetry exudes the same meticulousness. Walking along the dimly lit alleyways of “Cold,” fighting past thuds of double bass and clatters of percussion, she pleas for acceptance of her worst traits, as she is swallowed up in a gothic Victorian landscape (“Be warm to me / When I am cold.”) ♦ The album’s closer “I Didn’t Mean To” emerges from subtly plucked bass strings and a ghostly vocal line to read like a tale of two lovers existing together but orbiting a different sun. Despite stiving and struggling to be as one on the same plain Fell understands that we can only ever truly know ourselves, and mourns the inevitable distance that can stalk relationships as a result (“And did I make you feel alone? / I didn’t mean to.”) ♦ At times reminiscent of Vera Sola’s debut Shades, Safe from Me feels as if it has been picked up and dropped from another space and time, soothingly familiar but packed with an alien excitement. The album as a whole can be as heavy as you let it be and despite being devastatingly direct it never gets bogged down. For every darkened moment of late~night dread there is a jovial springtime two~step to follow. Ultimately Safe from Me is an understated masterclass in alternative folk, and deserves to become more than just a hidden gem. ♦ https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/laura-fell-safe-from-me-album-review Words by Laura Freyaldenhoven: ♦ https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2020/11/18/album-review-laura-fell-safe-from-me Bandcamp: https://laurafell.bandcamp.com/album/safe-from-me
Laura Fell — Safe from Me (Nov. 20, 2020) ♦ Můžeme někdy skutečně poznat a pomoci druhému, aniž bychom nejprve porozuměli a milovali sami sebe a přijímali své nedokonalosti? Osobní zápas vyvolaný touto otázkou se váže kolem Safe From Me, debutového alba z Londýna od Laury Fell.
•⇔• Debut Laury Fell je album uklidňujícím způsobem povědomé, ale nabité nadpozemským vzrušením. Srdcem vize Laury Fell je určitý druh statečnosti. Safe from Me přesně naznačuje, jak odhodlaně si to uvědomila, bez ohledu na cenu. Výsledky naznačují, že se investice zcela jasně vyplatila. Ve dne psychoterapeutka, po večerech písničkářka a toto debutové album „Safe from Me“ je díky tomu hledáním odpovědí od ženy, od které se vždy očekává, že ji budete mít po ruce a sebepotrestající frustraci, kterou tento předpoklad přináší. Navzdory tomu, že jde o její debutové album, se Laura Fell nebojí experimentovat a posouvat hranice svého hlasu a vidění. Safe From Me je letos v zimě náladové, tajemné, majestátní a stojí za vaši pozornost.
•⇔• Psychoterapeutka ve dne, nadcházející debutové album Laury Fell, „Safe from Me“, je hledáním odpovědí od ženy, od které se vždy očekává, že ji bude mít po ruce, a sebepotrestající frustraci, kterou tento předpoklad přináší. Oddanost této cestě sebeobjevování byla od nepopiratelná, natolik, že její kolegové zpochybňovali její zdravý rozum. Když Fell obdržela tři zakázky na financování nahrávky, bylo rozhodnuto, že skladby půjdou daleko za jejich genezi pouhé akustické kytary a tak shromáždila klasicky vyškolené hudebníky, aby plně realizovali její vizi. Fell začala hrát hudbu až ve 25 letech, když se poezie, kterou psala téměř deset let, dala chápat spíše v písničkové podobě. Tento talent se táhne napříč albem „Safe from Me“; Fell vás zve na obdělanou půdu, dokud nenarazíte na zlato, a nakonec se objeví jeho význam.
•⇔• „Safe From Me“ je nadčasový debut. Je zabalen do jemnějších aranží a předvádí schopnost Laury Fell upozornit na detail bez námahy. Vhodné pro fans Courtney Marie Andrews a Brandi Carlile.
Location: London, UK
Album release: November 20, 2020
Record Label: Balloon Machine Records
Duration: 33:56
Tracks:
1. Glad 5:51
2. Bone of Contention 4:54
3. Cold 3:36
4. Left Foot / Right Foot 3:39
5. Every Time 2:42
6. Until Now 3:59
7. Safe from Me 5:25
8. I Didn’t Mean To 3:50
Credits:
♣ All music & lyrics by Laura Fell (excepting Track 4 — Left Foot Right Foot — co~written with Gus White)
♣ Laura Fell — Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar (Track 8)
♣ Chris Hyson — Electric Bass, Piano, Synths, Vocals
♣ Alex Haines — Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
♣ Lloyd Haines — Drums & Percussion
Additional musicians:
♣ Linus Fenton — Double Bass (Tracks 2,3,5)
♣ Josh Arcoleo — Saxophone (Track 6)
♣ James Copus — Flugelhorn (Track 4) Trumpet (Track 6)
♣ Joe Webb — Rhodes (Track 2)
♣ Francesca Ter~Berg — Cello (Track 1, 7)
♣ Gus White — Acoustic Guitar (Track 1, 4, 6) Vocals (Track 1, 3, 4, 5)
♣ Alex Killpartrick — Percussion (Track 3) Synths (Track 2, 7, 8) Vocals (Track 1)
♣ Produced & Arranged by Chris Hyson
♣ Additional Production — Lloyd Haines & Alex Killpartrick
♣ Recorded by Alex Killpartrick at Giant Wafer Studios, Llandrindod Wells, in April 2019
♣ Mixed & Mastered by Alex Killpartrick
Review
By Craig Howieson ⌊23 NOVEMBER 2020, 08:49 GMT⌋ Score: 9
♦ Can we ever truly know and help another, without first understanding and loving ourselves, accepting our imperfections? The personal wrestle raised by this question ties itself around Safe from Me, the debut album from London based Laura Fell.
The fact that Fell is a psychotherapist provides fertile ground for music writers; a chance to pour over liner notes and lyrics to extract profound statements and guidance. But Safe from Me is far from a self~help manual, it is a deep dive inwards. Fell attempts to chip away at the mortar of the walls we build around ourselves, crafting a personal reflection in the hope of finding understanding.
♦ Unpacking the often difficult elements of her own life and applying the same advice to herself that she gives to others Fell accepts that there are no quick answers, but indeterminate journeys to realisations that may allow you to know yourself that little bit better. The seriousness with which she has approached this self~analysis is evident in the pristine curation of the eight tracks that make up Safe from Me.
♦ In unearthing every nuanced detail and surrounding herself with an impeccable host of musicians Fell has ensured a timelessness to her record free from the strict constraints of genre. Very few debuts can boast the luscious layering of Fleet Foxes (“Glad”), the deathly knock of Tom Waits (“Cold”) and the old before their time wisdom of Laura Marling (“Every Time”). It feels like an album made by a lover of albums, where every quiver of cello, coo of saxophone and plink of Rhodes piano has been carefully mapped out.
♦ Fells powerful poetry exudes the same meticulousness. Walking along the dimly lit alleyways of “Cold,” fighting past thuds of double bass and clatters of percussion, she pleas for acceptance of her worst traits, as she is swallowed up in a gothic Victorian landscape (“Be warm to me / When I am cold.”)
♦ The album’s closer “I Didn’t Mean To” emerges from subtly plucked bass strings and a ghostly vocal line to read like a tale of two lovers existing together but orbiting a different sun. Despite stiving and struggling to be as one on the same plain Fell understands that we can only ever truly know ourselves, and mourns the inevitable distance that can stalk relationships as a result (“And did I make you feel alone? / I didn’t mean to.”)
♦ At times reminiscent of Vera Sola’s debut Shades, Safe from Me feels as if it has been picked up and dropped from another space and time, soothingly familiar but packed with an alien excitement. The album as a whole can be as heavy as you let it be and despite being devastatingly direct it never gets bogged down. For every darkened moment of late~night dread there is a jovial springtime two~step to follow. Ultimately Safe from Me is an understated masterclass in alternative folk, and deserves to become more than just a hidden gem.
♦ https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/laura-fell-safe-from-me-album-review
Words by Laura Freyaldenhoven:
♦ https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2020/11/18/album-review-laura-fell-safe-from-me
Bandcamp: https://laurafell.bandcamp.com/album/safe-from-me