Heather Nova - Breath and Air [ORANGE VINYL] (LP)

Breath and Air [ORANGE VINYL]
£27.99
Due on 21/02/2025
LP

Orange vinyl

Indies only
In February 2025, Heather Nova releases her 13th album, Breath and Air on V2 Records. It's a collection of evocative songs that are rich in melody, lyric and arrangement, with Heather's signature vocal as strong and ethereal as ever. The album enfolds you in a timeless atmosphere; inviting you to forget everything for a moment, while simultaneously coming home to yourself.

"As I get older I notice I have repeated patterns my whole life, even the ones that don't serve me: thought patterns, relationship patterns... We repeat the cycles until we truly learn what our core wounds are and how to heal them. Songwriting in itself is a search for meaning and clarity about ourselves and the world we inhabit."

Heather wrote the songs on Breath and Air over the past two years and spent four weeks in the Devon countryside (UK) holed up in an enchanting studio with Chris Bond (Ben Howard) putting down the tracks.

"It was mostly just the two of us, with Midori Jaeger coming down from London for a few days to play her beautiful cello. Out the window was a field. I would watch the light change there throughout the day. There was a rare albino pheasant that would come and go. I took it as a good sign!"

Breath and Air, Ebbs and Flows, Butterflies and Moths: these are some of the titles of the songs:

"The duality of nature and of being alive is something I explore in my songs. Two things can be true at the same time - that's something I came to realise as I got older. Accepting and balancing this duality is what leads to a deeper understanding of relationships. We can't have light without dark, we can't have joy without pain. Simple stuff, but I constantly need to remind myself.

"A lot of the songs are about love and loss and longing. Repeating themes through my life - the search for wholeness, healing and meaning. I keep coming back and looking at it from different angles, through time and through music. It's an ongoing journey that shows no sign of reaching a destination. My songs are documents of that journey."

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Tracklist:

1. Black Cape
2. Dancers Reward
3. Sister Moon
4. Sonora
5. Here everything is still floating
6. Raridade de Contrastes
7. Somersault
8. Groundstar
9. Orbit
10. Pulsing Abstractions
11. Turn the Tide