Ever since her 1st album "One cell in the sea" I've been in love with Alison Sudol's music. Her lyrics are very lyrical and nurturing.
And now she will release her 3rd album, Pines, on October 9th! The album comes with a book which will tell us the story of the main character on this record - the story of an evergreen, Pine. And it is also accompanied by a short movie!
According to Alison this album is a fable. And each song is a chapter in the fable. All characters are not human.
Here is a little snippet of a lovely interview about the making of the album:
Comfort is something that Pines definitely offers, with its varying musical and lyrical textures telling the story of a tree creating a life of her own. It takes you through all of the mighty horizons and shadowy crevasses of the journey. “It’s like charging into uncharted territory,” she describes, “Thrilling, scary, fascinating. I learned so much and stretched so much. It was an amazing, amazing gift to get to do all these different things. And humbling, too.”
From the very soft, intimate, ukelele-driven “Dream In The Dark” to the booming and enchanting “They Can’t If You Don’t Let Them,” Pines is more than a record – it’s an experience. And it’s no wonder, since recording was a unique experience and process for Alison and the band, who recorded the album in just seven days. “Playing ‘They Can’t if You Don’t Let Them’ was pretty amazing,” she recalls, “… singing it was just so fun and so powerful, and we were all just going for it. Things were falling apart and rattling and falling over and I almost fell over.”
Pines is all-encompassing. The kind of record you can play when you want to be taken somewhere else entirely – an otherworldly place. There’s no doubt in my mind that the book and the film will add wonderful layers to the story of Pines. ”It’s a ride,” she says, “I wanted it to be that.”
For the original & complete interview click here!
And here is the 1st single, "Now is the start"!
