Water (LP) by Kerryn Fields
Recorded beside the ocean, under the light of the full moon. What could be more soulful or intriguing?
So it is that award-winning songwriter, broadcaster and widely adored live performer, Kerryn Fields offers to the world her new LP, Water - a timeless, fearless, and deeply captivating homage to the full spectrum of human emotion.
Fuelled by humility, integrity and a raw clarity of vision, Kerryn Fields paints enduring musical portraits that detail the colour and feeling of everything that keeps us alive. Drawing comparisons with the likes of Cat Stevens, Townes Van Zandt, Joan Baez, Neil Young, and more, Fields’ trademark warmth of character - evident in both life and music - depicts a creative offering that’s equal parts stirring, refined and heartrendingly beautiful.
As one would expect, new album Water is just as breathtaking. Opening track and November 2020 single, Atlantis has Fields’ extraordinary vibrato front-and-centre, the instrumentation lush and thoughtful but satisfyingly spacious and seasoned with Jen Anderson’s sophisticated fiddle playing (Archie Roach, Weddings Parties Anything, Alyce Platt).
Queenie, on the other hand (released in March 2021) is a rolling, hope-filled ballad offering delightful, uncomplicated aural comparisons with the likes of Dylan and his contemporaries. It showcases Fields’ stunning lyrical genius and effortless vocals, her lightheartedness and warmth of character shining through the dark.
“The album all started with the end of my marriage. I found myself along the Great Ocean Road, grieving and homesick with nowhere to go.”
“It was only a matter of time before I started metabolising the grief, sending demos to Fraser (Montgomery). We decided to return to where these songs were born - but this time, to record.”
"Recording something joyous where I once found myself hopeless and lost. This is a record of beautiful, circular processes,” Kerryn says.
Fields performance is recorded live to tape with vocals, guitars, drums and upright bass in one room, listeners will love the sense of authenticity and freedom embodied by the record’s production. There’s a richness and warmth to the sound, almost as if Fields’ exemplary collective of musicians can be heard smiling to - and eyeing off - one another.
And that’s just it. This record? Just like Fields herself, it’s joy and human nature exemplified.
Water is produced by Kerryn Fields and Fraser
Montgomery (Ash Grunwald, Tracy McNeil, Dan Parsons), engineered by Fraser Montgomery and mixed/mastered by Adam Dempsey (Courtney Barnett, Didirri, Angie McMahon).
The album features Joshua Barber (drums) Ben Franz (upright bass, pedal steel), Jen Anderson (fiddle), Harley Stewart (electric
guitar), Ryan Brewer (piano, hammond, rhodes) and additional vocals by Sam Lohs, Rosie Burgess, Mitch Finglas and Jarryn Phegan.
Tracklist
| 1. | Atlantis | 4:05 |
| 2. | Escape | 4:39 |
| 3. | Queenie | 3:37 |
| 4. | Until You | 4:02 |
| 5. | Out On The Porch | 2:48 |
| 6. | Mamma | 3:25 |
| 7. | St Kilda Pier | 3:07 |
| 8. | Where I've Been | 3:32 |
| 9. | Black Fire | 3:32 |
| 10. | Fifteen | 5:13 |
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Fuelled by reverence, integrity and a deep spiritual connection to the human experience. NZ songwriter Kerryn Fields paints timeless musical portraits that do what others rarely can: bring us home to ourselves. With multiple awards to her name Fields’ trademark warmth of character fuels a creative offering that expands well beyond her command of guitar, voice and audience.
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