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Reb Fountain’s 'Lacuna' is anthemic, poetic and rocking. "Less musician more a force of nature,” (Ambient Light), Reb’s single 'Lacuna' is sound evidence that IRIS captures the qualities of Reb’s enigmatic live performance and songwriting prowess in album form. Her rhythm section - Karin Canzek & Earl Robertson - form the backbone of of the song's landscape, illuminated by the expert production of Dave Khan & Simon Gooding, whilst Reb performs a masterful deep dive into our world and emerges with a tale of discovery and self exploration abound.
As with all of Reb’s writing there is an underbelly to the obvious. The strong rolling beat ushers the listener through what appears to be a tale of new love —"You know I can’t be whole with the sum of us apart". Reb reveals the bigger sense — “Lacuna is me describing what’s it like to grow into oneself, to wrestle with the intangible nature of our human condition, to see who we are. Unifying our many selves - the sum of our parts."
The 'Lacuna' video was shot in Queenstown, by director Lola Fountain-Best capturing Reb's vision of "exploration and transformation; a dance with our many selves". They fashioned wings out of wire and foliage and went to work filming rogue amongst autumnal skies and a forest of sunflowers.
lyrics
LYRICS:
I couldn’t see but ripples in the water told me something’s out there
I know a hawk from a heronsaw don’t I
Well never you mind – we used to talk about it
Love turns the mill imagining the ways in which the toil would still
Our flag flies at half mast still
What bird may call me
What a way to start kisses in the dark
You know I can’t be whole with the sum of us apart - It don’t add up
I keep it to myself want you for myself
Solid gold is my wealth it’s weighing me down - I can’t get up
If I ever loved and I love you I cant stop now hoping you’ll come around
Am I to wander heart blind to the windows of Eden
Little wonder you can’t see me for looking
Choking on the curfew mine till your maker calls I don’t miss you honey
Now my roots are extending bitter milk mycelium bending
In your arms like it never happened
She slept through the war
What a way to start kisses in the dark
You know I can’t be whole with the sum of us apart - It don’t add up
I keep it to myself want you for myself
Solid gold is my wealth it’s weighing me down - I can’t get up
If I ever loved and I love you I can’t stop now hoping you come around
What a way to start kisses in the dark
You know I can’t be whole with the sum of us apart - It don’t add up
I keep it to myself want you for myself
Solid gold is my wealth it’s weighing me down - I can’t get up
It’s weighing me down - It don’t add up
credits
from IRIS,
track released August 4, 2021
Written by Reb Fountain
Performed by Reb Fountain, Dave Khan, Karin Canzek and Earl Robertson
Produced by Dave Khan & Simon Gooding
Engineered by Simon Gooding
Recorded at Sublime Studios, Otiake
Mixed by Simon Gooding
Mastered by Chris Chetland at Kog Studios, Auckland
P & C 2021 Reb Fountain
Under Exclusive License to Flying Nun Records
Single Artwork by Lola Fountain-Best
“Reb Fountain is to be counted among our finest songwriters whose imagery is both personal and universal, and her command of a melody and a song transcends genre.” - Graham Reid, Elsewhere.co.nz
Intimate and unique. This album plays well with a bottle of Syrah crunched up in your finest pair of headphones with candles lit in a steamy bubble bath. sig
The fave song title has to be a pun on the Canadian national anthem and yes I'm late to this party :) Liked the light touch to the extra strings and horns. Just enough to add colour and swing. Jason Kemp
Missouri singer/songwriter Lizzie Weber delivers a trio of songs lightly informed by country music, and fleshed out with strings. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 6, 2021
Australian singer Jessica tempers ornate baroque folk with stark gothic poetry, infusing sadcore with transcendent sensibilities. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 26, 2020
Edd Donovan's day job as a social worker brings a sense of empathy to his elegantly constructed political folk music. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 26, 2019
