Mourning Moon by lauren.napier
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This & That Tapes is proud to announce Mourning Moon, a new mini album from lauren.napier. lauren joined the roster in 2019 when she wrote an original song for our Womanly Magazine benefit compilation, Dreamlife, which was soon followed by The Desert Echoes, a split tape and zine of poetry with Slackers’ frontman Vic Ruggiero. lauren went on to write songs for our 2020 New Year’s compilation, A Wintry Mix, and another for Midnight Service, a benefit mixtape for the Mütter Museum. We’re really excited to share this new music from lauren, who is a wonderful songwriter, poet, performer, and person.
From lauren:
This collection was recorded in Graz during the November full moon - also referred to as the mourning moon. SAMO, my faithful feline companion, kept me and Tom Zwanzger (AntiFlag, Astpai) company as we reimagined the songs at STRESS Studios. I had written the songs in my room, just me and the cat, so sitting in the studio with an array of instruments and another human’s input put me in a different realm. Over a few days, the melodies manifested into the melancholy spaghetti western soundtrack I had always wanted.
”Hiding from the Smell of Fire” is inspired by a time when I lived in Berlin and there were riots to maintain a claim on a punk squat. Cars were burned nightly and the sirens were constant; I would sit by window and listen and smell the smoke and fire wafting into my Wilmersdorf apartment. “St. Charles‘ Romance” includes a subtle nod to Kafka and was written whilst crossing the Charles Bridge in Prague, a stop along Kafka’s childhood walk to school and a pilgrimage I take whenever in Prague. My fondness for whiskey, minor chords, and a good dose of twang is threaded throughout the melodies. Even SAMO provided a bit of percussion, with her litterbox clawing, as she helpfully shared space with us humans.
Tracklist
| 1. | Cigarettes and Carefree Love | 2:26 |
| 2. | St. Charles' Romance | 2:37 |
| 3. | Hiding from the Sound of Fire | 2:58 |
| 4. | Chapters of Lace | 2:46 |
| 5. | Dirty Deeds | 3:20 |
| 6. | Bedfellows | 2:35 |
| 7. | Put It on My Tab | 3:20 |
Credits
All songs penned by lauren.napier
lauren.napier: vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, whistling
Zock Astpai: lead guitar on dirty deeds, sweat of the dark, and bedfellows
Tom Zwanzger: glass bottle, organ, percussion, bass, background vocals/whistling, lead guitar on cigarettes and carefree love and put it on my tab
SAMO: litterbox percussions and emotional support
Recorded and produced by Tom Zwanzger, who also was captain of the mind dancing team.
Mastered by: Justin Cason and little stray
Recorded at STRESS Studio, Graz, Austria
Released January 15 by This & That Tapes
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Consonant is an arts collective based in Philadelphia that runs a record label and a micro-press. Its founding members are Katie and Joe, a married couple, and we frequently collaborate with friends and co-conspirators in the U.S. and abroad. We aim to put out high-quality DIY releases that maintain a feeling of fun and whimsy.