EBONY LAMB by EBONY LAMB
Released on Slow Time Records
Written by Ebony Lamb
Recorded & Produced by Bic Runga & Kody Nielson
Additional Recording by Gram Antler
Mix & Master by Kody Nielson
Guitar & Vocals by Ebony Lamb
Electric Guitars by Gram Antler
Bass by Bic Runga
Drums & Keys by Kody Nielson
https://ebonylamb.com/
A captivating work of impressionistic memories, observations and intimate confessions, Ebony wrote her debut album while coming into prominence as an in-demand portrait photographer within New Zealand’s contemporary literature and independent music scenes. The release comes five years after her alt-country band, Eb & Sparrow, amicably parted ways in 2018.
Recorded on vintage analog studio gear and mastered to tape, EBONY LAMB finds producers Bic Runga and Kody Nielson (Opossom, Silicon, UMO) placing Ebony’s distinct, fragile-but-firm voice within a cinematic confluence of jazz, folk, psychedelia, alt-country and ambient pop. Written over the last five years while coming to terms with the realities of a changing world, themes of gratitude, loss, acceptance and aspiration run through the album like a river.
BIO
Ebony Lamb writes with a poetic voice and a vivid, surrealistic intimacy. The New Zealand singer-songwriter and photographer turns the minutiae of everyday life and the defining memories that stay with us into a rich melange of indie-folk, jazz, and ambient pop. The Wellington-based artist spent her formative years as a traveller, mother, and worker, eventually co-founding the alt-country band Eb & Sparrow in 2010. Drawing comparisons to Gillian Welch, Cat Power and Neko Case, Ebony released three critically-acclaimed albums with the band before embarking on a solo career under her own name. EBONY LAMB is a watershed work from a genuine talent coming into her own.
The album’s first single ‘Take My Hands at Night’ is nominated for the 2023 APRA Silver Scroll Award.
Tracklist
| 1. | MY DAUGHTER MY SISTER MY SON | 3:23 |
| 2. | TAKE MY HANDS AT NIGHT | 3:56 |
| 3. | SALT SAND SEA | 3:22 |
| 4. | MIDNIGHT IS MY NAME | 3:34 |
| 5. | SWIM TO ME | 2:37 |
| 6. | DRIVE ME AROUND | 2:46 |
| 7. | SUCCESSFUL FEELINGS | 2:49 |
| 8. | COME PUT A RECORD ON | 3:23 |
| 9. | BROTHER GET ME HOME | 2:50 |
| 10. | STAR CONFESSOR | 3:03 |
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“taken somewhere else, maybe somewhere close to Twin Peaks'
Ebony Lamb writes with a poetic voice and a vivid, surrealistic intimacy. The New Zealand singer-songwriter and photographer released three critically-acclaimed albums with her former band before embarking on a solo body of work, produced by Bic Runga & Kody Nielson and released on Nadia Reids boutique label - Slow-Time Records.