La Luz - News of the Universe (Vinyl)
$57.00
Regular price $40.00News of the Universe is a record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just two years after the birth of her son.
It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime members bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.
Cleveland, also a writer and painter, has developed into a truly original songwriter with her own canon of haunted psychedelia. Yet if she has spent years writing songs about ghosts, what lurks in the shadows of News of the Universe is nothing less than death itself. “There are moments on this album that sound to me like the last frantic confession before an asteroid destroys the earth,” says Cleveland.
The powerful sense of openness that permeates News of the Universe is at least partially due to the fact that it is a record made entirely by women—from the performing, writing, and producing all the way through to the recording, engineering, and mastering.
Working with producer Maryam Qudos (Spacemoth), the all-female environment allowed Cleveland to feel safe tapping into difficult places and expressing hard emotions women are socialized to suppress.
Limited "Loser Edition" orange crush coloured vinyl.
Tracklist:
01. Reaching Up to the Sun
02. Strange World
03. Dandelions
04. Poppies
05. Good Luck With Your Secret
06. Always in Love
07. Close Your Eyes
08. I'll Go With You
09. Blue Moth Cloud Shadow
10. News of the Universe
11. Moon in Reverse
12. Blue Jay
$57.00
Regular price $40.00News of the Universe is a record born of calamity, a work of dark, beautiful psychedelia reflecting guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland’s experience of having her world blown apart by a breast cancer diagnosis just two years after the birth of her son.
It’s also a portrait of a band in flux, marking the first appearance for drummer Audrey Johnson and the final ones from longtime members bassist Lena Simon and keyboardist Alice Sandahl, whose contributions add a bittersweet edge to a record that is both elegy for an old world and cosmic road map to a strange new one.
Cleveland, also a writer and painter, has developed into a truly original songwriter with her own canon of haunted psychedelia. Yet if she has spent years writing songs about ghosts, what lurks in the shadows of News of the Universe is nothing less than death itself. “There are moments on this album that sound to me like the last frantic confession before an asteroid destroys the earth,” says Cleveland.
The powerful sense of openness that permeates News of the Universe is at least partially due to the fact that it is a record made entirely by women—from the performing, writing, and producing all the way through to the recording, engineering, and mastering.
Working with producer Maryam Qudos (Spacemoth), the all-female environment allowed Cleveland to feel safe tapping into difficult places and expressing hard emotions women are socialized to suppress.
Limited "Loser Edition" orange crush coloured vinyl.
Tracklist:
01. Reaching Up to the Sun
02. Strange World
03. Dandelions
04. Poppies
05. Good Luck With Your Secret
06. Always in Love
07. Close Your Eyes
08. I'll Go With You
09. Blue Moth Cloud Shadow
10. News of the Universe
11. Moon in Reverse
12. Blue Jay
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