Chasing Rabbits by Terra Spencer
Chasing Rabbits is the second album from Nova Scotian funeral director - turned-singer/songwriter Terra Spencer. Set in a snowglobe of sparkling piano, cinematic strings, and the heartfelt storytelling that has become Terra's signature, the album features rich harmonies from Halifax duo The Bombadils, Bela String Quartet, and some of the city's most acclaimed instrumentalists. It is a diary of family life and wildlife, leaving and longing, and the meaning of home.
“Sometimes when you’re walking on a dark street at night you catch a vignette unfolding in a lighted window and the whole story’s there. In the moment. The songs on Terra Spencer’s new CD Chasing Rabbits, are like that, replete with seamless, shifting, arrangements and angel band horns. They are each complete stories, compellingly wrapped in a blanket warm voice. This is an artist who knows both sides of the heart well, who has seen enough of life to still reflect kindly, if keenly, on its continuous unfoldings. ” - David Francey
Terra gratefully acknowledges the support of Music Nova Scotia and the Province of Nova Scotia.
Tracklist
| 1. | Melt | 3:52 |
| 2. | Terra Spencer featuring The Bombadils - Lunenburg Moon | 4:59 |
| 3. | Chasing Rabbits | 3:32 |
| 4. | Terra Spencer featuring Bela String Quartet - In the City | 6:28 |
| 5. | Training to Fly | 4:45 |
| 6. | Motherland | 6:20 |
| 7. | Manitoba Maple | 4:57 |
| 8. | Coyotes | 5:20 |
| 9. | Feels Like Home | 5:03 |
| 10. | Saigon | 5:51 |
Credits
Terra Spencer - music & lyrics, vocals, piano, guitar, bass
Sarah Frank - harmony vocals, violin
Luke Fraser - harmony vocals, mandolin, electric guitar
Adam Fine - electric and double bass
Jordi Comstock - drums and percussion
Andrew Jackson - trombone
Sarah Kasprzak - French horn
Steve Reid - trumpet
Anna Wedlock - In the City string arrangement, violin
Anthony Rissesco - second violin
Alex Bates - viola
Catherine Little - cello
David Campbell - pedal steel
Kimm Kent - Deer Spirit drum
Lil Thomas - electric guitar
Scott Ferguson - djembe
The Kasprzaks - Home Choir
Produced by Terra Spencer.
Recorded and engineered by Lil Thomas at Sonic Temple in Halifax, NS
In the City recorded and engineered by Mike Hastings at Sonic Temple
Mixed and mastered by Scott Ferguson at FMP Matrix in Dartmouth, NS
Layout and design by Shayla Obrigewitsch
Terra gratefully acknowledges the support of the Music Nova Scotia Investment Program and The Province of Nova Scotia.
License
All rights reserved.
Raised on the mud banks of the Avon River, award-winning Nova Scotian funeral director-turned-songwriter Terra Spencer has won over audiences in Canada, the UK, and Germany since her 2018 debut. She has already crafted a catalogue of startlingly intimate songs, marrying fingerstyle guitar, gospel piano, and her butterscotch voice with sly humour and '70s wood-paneled warmth.