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Seance

by Maxine Funke

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Anthony Childs
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Anthony Childs Short and sweet, no wasted moments, subtle guitar lines make it easy to miss how inventive they are. I actually appreciate the live to tape recordings including whatever is going on in the background; it's not obtrusive. And some electronic dabbling. An intimate album fans of bedroom folk, Vashti Bunyan, etc will appreciate and love more with repeated listens. Favorite track: Quiet Shore.
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Mag Maxine Funke's music is hauntingly beautiful, and deserves renewed attention
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reviewer A COLOURFUL STORMから、ニュージーランドのシンガーソング・ライター。繊細で奇跡のように美しいサイケデリック・フォーク。
芳醇なサイケデリックの礫を持つニュージーランドのインディーズシーン出身のシンガーMAXINE FUNKE。A COLOURFUL STORMのアルバム「Seance 」。アナログストックしました。Alastair GalbraithやTall Dwarfs人脈、Richard Youngsあたりとも繋がる人でFEEDING TUBEからもアルバムをリリースしている。このあたりに明るい人には知られている存在なのでしょう。奏でられる音、垣間見れるパーソナリティー。とても魅力に思いました。
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1.
Fairy Baby 02:58
It’s a jelly it’s a recipe It’s a baby it’s a wine dark sea It’s a mystery it’s silly It’s an ancient recipe A pinch of cirrus some fenugreek Haruspication Hair of a sloth hanging from an oak tree Stars pierce the beachy sky peaceably The smell of an angel at the back of a cave Warm and friendly It’s a sign It’s congealed It’s concealed It’s conceived It’s asleep It’s only a fairy baby
2.
Quiet Shore 07:42
About the events of that day So hard to ascertain Well I got the tea tray And I called up the sea Quiet shore Well he took his umbrella And he opened the door And he slammed it after him And that was the last I saw Quiet shore And he put his coat on And he brushed his hat And he opened the door Quiet shore So hard to ascertain Is it all in vain So hard to ascertain Christmas day So call up the sea Bring in the tea tray Quiet shore And he got to the top of the stairs And he put his coat on And he opened the door And he opened the door And he slammed it after him And that was the last I saw Quiet shore I had a sort of feeling on me But it’s so hard to ascertain Is it all in vain Mrs. Jones Christmas day
3.
Lucky Penny 03:20
I’m a jig I’m in jeopardy To a future tune Lucky penny lucky penny Skipping on the sea Pollen in my palm And the rain is teeming These spring nights Have got me jingling Jingling I’m a pony I’m a pegasus To a positive force Lucky penny lucky penny Skipping on the sea Pollen in my wings And the rain is teeming These spring nights Have got me jingling Jingling A ship a soliloquy To the farthest shore Lucky penny lucky penny Skipping on the sea Pollen in my sails And the mist is circling These spring nights Have got me jingling Jingling
4.
Moody Relish 03:59
Sold as subtle But I could see the cumulous Sold as sterile But I could taste the pious Moody relish Reaching in there Eyeballs Asphalt Grass clippings Peppercorns Moody relish Reaching in there A stray whitebait At the back of the draw Reaching in there Moody relish It was a shadow Across the asphalt That ended the fair
5.
Anzac Day 01:47
DJ Teabag can’t even crack an egg But god is on her side Lest she forget She’s got an iron curtain And a woolen will God she wish you would remember The conscientious objectors
6.
Homage 03:26
The bees Were trapped in the piano And that piano was set on fire Who’s gonna kiss my movie show? Alight my library book? Who’s gonna set my mind on free? The settlers Were trapped in the stormcloud And that ship was set on fire Who’s gonna unlace my balustrade? Make my sash window shake? Who’s gonna set my mind on free? Oh chimera Camera obscura Oh who’s goin’ to develop my homage?
7.
Goodbye 02:44
I’m not shy There’s just a sparkle in your eye and I don’t feel right I’m not shrinking It’s just you’re looking down at me from such a lofty height ‘Cause I like I like to be noticed And I wish I wish to be seen I spend my nights reading all up All up on history I’ve been there I’m not in the shade It’s just you’ve got something brewing and it’s clouding up your sight I’m not sure But if I leave a trail of breadcrumbs do you think you might ‘Cause I like I like to be noticed And I wish I wish to be seen I spend my days Taking in the faces In the portrait gallery And I look Into their eyes And the forest gets thinner and the mist disappears And I’m stepping out I’m stepping out I’m not shy

about

A Colourful Storm presents Seance, a new set of songs by Maxine Funke.

Following a productive recording period beginning with Silk (2018) and ending with Forest Photographer (2020), Seance marks a remarkable levitation of Funke’s tender, softly spoken songcraft first documented on Lace (2008) and Felt (2012) into new creative heights. Folksong confessionals with the burden of memory. Ghostly confines, murmurs from the cracks. Soil, blood and skin. The beauty and mundanity of the everyday.

The voice of Funke is a distinctive instrument, one which perfectly elucidates her sometimes confessional, at other times deeply inward allusions to love, loss, joy and disquiet. Lyrics grounded in observation and adventure (“Eyeballs, asphalt, grass clippings, peppercorns”) unravel into uneasy truths daubed in self-consciousness and forbidden desire (“I’m not shy / There's just a sparkle in your eye and I don't feel right”). The simplest things can be the most difficult to express.

Opener ’Fairy Baby’ and ‘Homage’ are sensuous and probing, celebrating new beginnings while cautiously closing old chapters. ‘Quiet Shore’, a seven-minute reverie of guitar strum and poetry, conjures spirits long forgotten and shines as Funke’s first solo foray into longform songwriting. A perfect accompaniment to the album’s centrepiece, ‘Lucky Penny’, a euphoric, entrancing rush foreshadowing the delicate dreamspeak still to come.

An assertive, visionary recording by one of New Zealand’s most extraordinary voices, Seance is a lover’s lament, a revealing of self and a secluded wander through fields of enchantment.

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released July 19, 2021

Written and recorded by Maxine Funke
Mastered by Mark Klon at Klon Studios
Cover photograph and drawings by Clayton Noone

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