An alternative folk artist raised and living in Christchurch, Reb Fountain has teased her forthcoming album 'IRIS' with the record's third single – the entrancing, hypnotic folk-rock burner 'Lacuna'.
"Songs help us stop lying to ourselves," declares Reb. "'Lacuna' is the space for our voice to emerge into."A new dance that welcomes you into the void, to the all. It's a reckoning, an opportunity to expand and contract anew. Welcome."
After receiving five New Zealand Music Awards nominations last year and winning this year's prestigious Taite Music Prize (the NZ equivalent of the Australian Music Prize) whose previous winners include Lorde and Unknown Mortal Orchestra, 'IRIS' is the follow-up to Reb's 2020 self-titled album.
"Writing a song a day to keep myself grounded and productive during lockdown, 'IRIS' provided me an opportunity to speak my unspoken, to reflect what I have seen and experienced from within and to bear witness," Fountain says.
"'IRIS' is in many ways an unsung hero, known as the goddess of the rainbow, sea and sky – she acts as bridge between the gods to humanity with little of her own story known.
"So many stories go unheard, so many aspects of our humanity are unsung; visibility is a contested and inequitable space where what is essential, and of beauty, is often 'invisible'.
"I wanted and needed to give voice to this essential human spirit; to conjure and hold and commune with the very real, valid and invaluable voices within and around me."
'IRIS' is released 1 October. Pre-order it.
