Glen Innes, NSW, Mirror, Reflect, Music, Cassette, Rocket Group, May24, WINSPEAR, Amy O, Alternative

Mirror, Reflect


On 'Mirror, Reflect,' Amy O returns to form as she documents her transition into motherhood in the early days of the pandemic. Initially conceived as a lo-fi endeavor to record songs made with friends in those days of uncertainty, 'Mirror, Reflect' is an intimate and exploratory work that weaves collected home and field recordings with shimmering synths and Oelsner's playful lyricism.A stalwart presence in the indie-pop underground since 2012, Oelsner shifted her approach to record making on 'Mirror, Reflect' to emphasize process over product, with the resulting songs born out of a myriad of home sessions, song-a-day projects, songwriting workshops and online collaborations. This kind of patchwork, home-spun approach was familiar to Oelsner, who made her name with her sparkling, homemade pop songs before releasing three studio albums, including her most recent album, 2019's Shell.'Mirror, Reflect' gently shrugs off the sheen of those studio albums, as an early prenatal recording of Oelsner's daughter's heartbeat opens the record in the near-ambient instrumental prelude of 'Honey' -- a wonderfully nuanced dispatch from the dog days of summer that's under-bellied by both the precarity and beauty of the early months of infancy and new motherhood. Oelsner's knack for finding magic in the mundane is also deeply apparent on 'Dribble Dribble,' where the stick-with-you nature of the playful rhyme schemes of the children's books that became a regular part of her literary intake ar

Tracks

1~1~Honey
1~2~Dribble Dribble
1~3~Reveal
1~4~Arc
1~5~Sediment
1~6~Early Days
1~7~Canyon
1~8~Green
1~9~Superbloom
1~10~Almost Fall
1~11~Three Cups
1~12~Casio

Details

Catalogue Number: WSP062CASS
Format: Cassette
Artist: Amy O
Release Date: 10 May 2024
Genre: Alternative
Label: WINSPEAR
Distributor: Rocket Group

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