NEW ALBUM: Felicity Cripps Band 'Chasing Volcanoes' + Feature Single Visualiser
Felicity Cripps Band album Chasing Volcanoes out now
+ lead single Volcano (It Would Be So Nice To Die With You) visualiser
+ album tour dates
Australian songwriter Felicity Cripps Band album Chasing Volcanoes is out now, with lead single ‘Volcano (It Would Be So Nice To Die With You)’ and accompanying visualiser. Felicity will be playing shows across Kyneton, Castlemaine, and Melbourne to celebrate the release, and has announced their upcoming appearance at Town Folk Festival, and Grace Cummings and Frente support shows.
Chasing Volcanoes is a heartfelt offering, shimmering with nostalgia and psychedelic tinctures. The title pays homage to the late volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft, a couple, who's life's work and philosophies also align with the album’s main themes – the search for meaningful connections with the world around us and portals into other worlds. Lead single ‘Volcano (It Would Be So Nice To Die With You)’ is a powerful message of dismantling egos and being present, with a visualiser created by Shane Donahue. ‘His work was deeply moving and mysterious and I felt like his approach to visualising music was the perfect thing for Volcano. This video was the first and only edit - I didn’t want to change anything about it. The first time I watched it, I was moved to tears. It captures everything, as well as the nothingness; joy and grief, beauty and horror, life and death and beyond’ - Felicity Cripps
Watch 'Volcano (It Would Be So Nice To Die With You)' Video
‘I tried using a blend of human movements interlaced with all of those eruptions to create those unpredictable and unstable patterns... Tried to reflect the context of the song and story’ - Shane Donahue on creating the video
Chasing Volcanoes follows a thread, searching for connection, both in this world and with the spiritual world. Recorded and produced by Nick Huggins (Dirty Three, Jess Rebeiro, Jen Cloher) at Resting Bell Studio in Point Lonsdale the record was created over four years, through the birth of Felicity’s first child and owning and operating local Castlemaine arts institution Theatre Royal with her husband.
Making this record was a form of escape from the everyday throes of life - not that anything was bad, but it was a difficult time to navigate work, motherhood and relationships not only with my loved ones but with myself. Without those days making music and sitting in the studio with Nick, working and reworking the ideas in my head, I would have really struggled to find my sense of self again. This record was vital, hopefully not just for me, but for others also’ – Felicity Cripps
Upcoming Shows:
Friday August 30
Major Tom’s - Kyneton, Dja Dja Wurrung
Support: Open Swimmer
Doors: 8:30pm
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Saturday 7 September
Grace Cummings Support
Theatre Royal Castlemaine - Castlemaine, Dja Dja Wurrung
Doors: 7:30pm
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Wednesday 11 September
The Merri Creek Tavern - Northcote, Wurundjeri Country
Support: Open Swimmer
Doors: 8pm
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Saturday 21 September
Wordspoken, Lot 19 - Castlemaine, Dja Dja Wurrung
Doors: 7:30pm
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Saturday 16 November
Town Folk Festival, Castlemaine, Vic
The Teksey Brothers, Ngaiire, Marlon Williams, Yirinda and more
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Friday 22 November
Frente Support
The Wedge - Sale, Brayakaulung Country
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