| Tiny Ruins — Brightly Painted One (2014) |
Tiny Ruins — Brightly Painted One
•♦• Though paced by lightly fingerpicked acoustic guitars, brushed percussions, and understated upright bass, the song’s real strength comes from Fullbrook’s wistfully soothing voice and yearning lyrics. Promising to fall “between dream pop and folk–blues”, the album was recorded over several months with engineer Tom Healy in Auckland
Location: Bristol, England ~ Auckland, New Zealand
Birth name: Hollie Fullbrook
Album release: 5th May 2014
Record Label: Bella Union
Duration: 42:12
Tracks:
01. Me at the Museum You in the Wintergardens 2:35
02. Carriages 4:24
03. Chainmail Maker 2:55
04. Reasonable Man 5:19
05. She’ll Be Coming ‘Round 5:13
06. Straw Into Gold 4:52
07. The Ballad of the Hanging Parcel 4:41
08. Jamie Blue 4:48
09. Night Owl 4:07
10. White Sheet Lightning 3:23
Personnel:
•♦• Hollie Fullbrook songwriter, vocals
•♦• Cass Basil on guitar & bass
•♦• Alexander Freer on snare drum (and cardboard box)
•♦• Formed as a solo project in 2009 by songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, the band now includes bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alexander Freer. While continuing to be based in their native New Zealand, Tiny Ruins has spent much of the past three years touring throughout Australia, Europe & the US, opening for artists such as Beach House, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, The Handsome Family and Calexico.
•♦• Lyrically ambiguous and poignant, the songs roughly follow in the traditions of folk and blues that Fullbrook has drawn on in the past, engaging moods both hopeful and world–weary. Yet there is more of an expansive approach to this album — where debut Some Were Meant for Sea presented a host of characterful vignettes, Brightly Painted One follows a journey, cyclical and whole, with tones falling between dream pop and folk-blues. While still retaining a minimalist approach, this sophomore release is layered and shaped with an array of brass, percussion and strings.The arrangements are lush and fully–realized, with the warm fuzz of hammond and rhodes keyboards, subtle string parts and electric guitar jangles and thrums. Brightly Painted One was recorded with engineer Tom Healy over several months in an underground warren of passageways and small rooms known as ‘The Lab’, in Auckland, the band’s hometown.
•♦• The writing of these songs spans roughly three years, growing out of Fullbrook’s varied life of touring, working when home, relationships and everyday observation. •♦• From the mountain walks of She’ll Be Coming ‘Round , the roof–tops of White Sheet Lightning and the street corners of Reasonable Man, the songs document the stasis and the movement of life; of persevering its humour and mystery.
•♦• Tiny Ruins will release their second album, Brightly Painted One in early May, followed by national and international tours in later 2014.
•♦• Formed as a solo project in 2009 by songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, the band now includes bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alexander Freer.
•♦• While continuing to be based in New Zealand, Tiny Ruins has spent much of the past three years touring throughout Australia, the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA, touring with and opening for bands such as Beach House, Joanna Newsom, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, Sonny & the Sunsets, The Handsome Family, and most recently, Calexico.
•♦• Previous releases have been 2010′s collaborative EP Little Notes, 2011′s celebrated debut Some Were Meant for Sea, and a collection of older songs & B–sides titled Haunts, recorded by the band on 8–track and released in 2013.
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REPORT; Monday 23 September 2013 3:05PM
•♦• Holly Fullbrook returns to The Inside Sleeve to perform two songs and to discuss an eventful year just gone.
•♦• Since her last visit just over 12 months ago Holly Fullbrook has recorded an EP of B–sides in the bushland of Waipu Gorge — Haunts — and recorded a new full length album, Brightly Painted One under the moniker Tiny Ruins.
•♦• You'll hear songs from both those releases performed live today, as well as insights into each. (http://www.abc.net.au/)
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| Tiny Ruins — Brightly Painted One (2014) |
•♦• Though paced by lightly fingerpicked acoustic guitars, brushed percussions, and understated upright bass, the song’s real strength comes from Fullbrook’s wistfully soothing voice and yearning lyrics. Promising to fall “between dream pop and folk–blues”, the album was recorded over several months with engineer Tom Healy in Auckland
Location: Bristol, England ~ Auckland, New Zealand
Birth name: Hollie Fullbrook
Album release: 5th May 2014
Record Label: Bella Union
Duration: 42:12
Tracks:
01. Me at the Museum You in the Wintergardens 2:35
02. Carriages 4:24
03. Chainmail Maker 2:55
04. Reasonable Man 5:19
05. She’ll Be Coming ‘Round 5:13
06. Straw Into Gold 4:52
07. The Ballad of the Hanging Parcel 4:41
08. Jamie Blue 4:48
09. Night Owl 4:07
10. White Sheet Lightning 3:23
Personnel:
•♦• Hollie Fullbrook songwriter, vocals
•♦• Cass Basil on guitar & bass
•♦• Alexander Freer on snare drum (and cardboard box)
•♦• Formed as a solo project in 2009 by songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, the band now includes bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alexander Freer. While continuing to be based in their native New Zealand, Tiny Ruins has spent much of the past three years touring throughout Australia, Europe & the US, opening for artists such as Beach House, Joanna Newsom, Fleet Foxes, Father John Misty, The Handsome Family and Calexico.
•♦• Lyrically ambiguous and poignant, the songs roughly follow in the traditions of folk and blues that Fullbrook has drawn on in the past, engaging moods both hopeful and world–weary. Yet there is more of an expansive approach to this album — where debut Some Were Meant for Sea presented a host of characterful vignettes, Brightly Painted One follows a journey, cyclical and whole, with tones falling between dream pop and folk-blues. While still retaining a minimalist approach, this sophomore release is layered and shaped with an array of brass, percussion and strings.The arrangements are lush and fully–realized, with the warm fuzz of hammond and rhodes keyboards, subtle string parts and electric guitar jangles and thrums. Brightly Painted One was recorded with engineer Tom Healy over several months in an underground warren of passageways and small rooms known as ‘The Lab’, in Auckland, the band’s hometown.
•♦• The writing of these songs spans roughly three years, growing out of Fullbrook’s varied life of touring, working when home, relationships and everyday observation. •♦• From the mountain walks of She’ll Be Coming ‘Round , the roof–tops of White Sheet Lightning and the street corners of Reasonable Man, the songs document the stasis and the movement of life; of persevering its humour and mystery.
•♦• Tiny Ruins will release their second album, Brightly Painted One in early May, followed by national and international tours in later 2014.
•♦• Formed as a solo project in 2009 by songwriter Hollie Fullbrook, the band now includes bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alexander Freer.
•♦• While continuing to be based in New Zealand, Tiny Ruins has spent much of the past three years touring throughout Australia, the UK, Ireland, Europe and the USA, touring with and opening for bands such as Beach House, Joanna Newsom, Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes, Sonny & the Sunsets, The Handsome Family, and most recently, Calexico.
•♦• Previous releases have been 2010′s collaborative EP Little Notes, 2011′s celebrated debut Some Were Meant for Sea, and a collection of older songs & B–sides titled Haunts, recorded by the band on 8–track and released in 2013.
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REPORT; Monday 23 September 2013 3:05PM
•♦• Holly Fullbrook returns to The Inside Sleeve to perform two songs and to discuss an eventful year just gone.
•♦• Since her last visit just over 12 months ago Holly Fullbrook has recorded an EP of B–sides in the bushland of Waipu Gorge — Haunts — and recorded a new full length album, Brightly Painted One under the moniker Tiny Ruins.
•♦• You'll hear songs from both those releases performed live today, as well as insights into each. (http://www.abc.net.au/)
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