ARTIST: Tiny Vipers
TITLE: Hands Across The Void
LABEL: Sub Pop
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 42:05 min
SIZE: 38,9 MB
RIP DATE: Jun-12-2007
RELEASE DATE: Jul-24-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Campfire Resemblance 04:35
02. On This Side 05:42
03. Aron 03:01
04. Forest On Fire 06:23
05. Shipwreck 03:24
06. Swastika 10:47
07. The Downward 08:13
Release Notes:
Being a solo acoustic female singer songwriter comes
with its share of conspicuous baggage. And,
Seattle's Jesy Fortino, who records and performs as
Tiny Vipers, has been spared little of it: she's
played coffee shops, on mismatched bills with
by-the-book folkies, and fielded far too many
questions that address her gender rather than her
music. Fortunately for us (and, we can only imagine,
even more so for her) these things all fall away
when she plays. Inhabiting the space carved out by
minimal guitar, gentle textures and stark, immediate
vocals, Tiny Vipers' music evokes the contrast and
quiet, empty beauty of a grey northwest landscape.
Jesy has spent the past two and a half years
exploring these landscapes, locally releasing a few
artfully-packaged CDRs and playing shows all over
the Northwest. Recorded in Seattle at Red Room
Studios in late fall of 2006, Hands Across the Void
is Tiny Vipers' first full-length record and her Sub
Pop debut. Enlisting the help of engineer Chris
Commons and friend, musician, and Austin music-scene
expat Ben Cissner, Jesy used this opportunity to
explore new textures, instruments and harmonies. The
result is a uniquely striking record that's as fully
realized as it is spare and beautiful.