Fata Morgana by House Hunting

100% of what comes to us* for this album will be donated to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe towards providing resources as they take a stand for clean water, indigenous rights and the preservation of our connection to nature.

House Hunting formed as an impermanent project to highlight the chemistry between the members before they followed their own journeys to Oregon, Berkeley and a free destination road trip come Fall of 2016. After being in SMUT the Band together; Steph, Nick and Fox came together again to revisit old songs and write a handful of experimental new tunes all marked with their uniquely powerful chemistry. After a few months of sporadic writing sessions, they went into the studio to record a 7 song LP in the beginning of November as both an end of an era send-off, and welcoming in to the next chapter of music, experiences, and house hunting. The songs feature bass, electric guitar, acoustic guitar and vocals and were written and recorded to bring subtle attention to the intimacy of connection in music. With the intention of embracing the avant garde in this one-off project, the album reveals a look into the result of what happens when the filter of following what is known to "work" is removed.

The album, Fata Morgana, was named after a specific type of mirage. As this project happened only under certain conditions in a way that seemed impossible and then disappeared leaving only memory and moments captured, it seemed fitting. "A Fata Morgana is often rapidly changing. The mirage comprises several inverted (upside down) and erect (right side up) images that are stacked on top of one another. Fata Morgana mirages also show alternating compressed and stretched zones." When else can we have the title of an album be an Italian word for a complex optical phenomena?

The album was recorded (mostly) live in studio in 2 days.

*Bandcamp takes 15% of digital sales, so 85% of what you pay will go directly to Standing Rock. If you want to arrange for 100% of your donation to go to Standing Rock, feel free to contact us directly.

Tracklist

1.	Forgotten	7:23

2.	Bail Me Out	4:08

3.	Elegy	3:24

4.	Hurricanes	5:56

5.	Labyrinth	4:42

6.	Lay it Down	5:00

7.	Black and Blue	6:13

Credits

released November 17, 2016

Music written and performed by Fox Rhett, Nick Advincula, and Steph Morian.
Produced by Robin Applewood.

Fox Rhett- Vocals
Nick Advincula- Guitar and Bass
Steph Morian- Bass and Guitar

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