{"title":"Bonniesongs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"energetic-mind","title":"Energetic Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall Pond Records have signed Sydney, Australia-based art-folk virtuoso Bonniesongs, aka Bonnie Stewart, release her debut album \u003ci\u003eEnergetic Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. For a peck of audiences in Australia over the past couple of years, Stewart has been one of those subtly transcendent artists. Described as “dreamy experimental indie folk”, she’s steadily been creating an ever-broadening platform for her unique sound amongst the Sydney songwriting scene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn much of her earlier material, Stewart’s sweet, ghostly vocals sail over the polyrhythmic backgrounds created between her mandolin, percussion and vocal loops, while her imaginative lyrics tell diverse and dreamlike stories of treehouses, mice, birds, flying and video games. Her four track debut EP \u003ci\u003eStrings\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) was released on Art Is Catharsis, a bold collaboration with friends Sascha Bota and Freya Schack-Arnott. Six days after a one-off performance as a trio, they made a recording of their experimental, textural and improvised variations on Bonnie's songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record was influenced by Jim Black’s improvised jazz record AlasNoAxis, drawing comparisons to Joanna Newsom, Cat Power, and Bjork, and was widely praised for challenging conventions of modern Australian music. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Small Pond Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50511340110155,"sku":"1065591","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/d1bca2c4-6a48-4f7f-94f9-01d794d1483d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727887662"},{"product_id":"strangest-feeling","title":"Strangest Feeling","description":"\u003cp\u003eImpressed are proud to present, Bonniesongs, aka Irish-born, Australian-based multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Bonnie Stewart's second album Strangest Feeling on limited edition vinyl. \u003cem\u003eStrangest Feeling\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of songs written amongst the limbo of the lockdowns and the transition back to life. A flavour of autumn runs through the album, intwined with themes of spells, the ocean and Halloween. The punky riffs and driving drums of new single Olive Oil and the album’s second single Bittersweet are reminders of fun and joy, with Bittersweet offering a slice of unadulterated punky grunge in the playful ode to finding fun in chaos, inspired by Bonnie’s stay in New Zealand during the pandemic.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s first single, Halloween Birthday (notably released last year on the 31 October) is a more lo-fi affair with finger plucked melody, its autumnal hues giving off a beguiling witchy feel. Bonniesongs’ describes it, alongside the songs Weightless and Keeper, as “the tracks on the album inspired by nostalgia, secrets and space.” Their hypnotic feel and slow tempos create a feeling of rest to the end of the album. Olive Oil has a playfulness that recalls 90s Americana indie such as Pavement, with the song’s prominent drums inspired by Deerhunter’s track Never Stops. “I wrote Olive Oil while visiting Wellington, New Zealand. I had recently started a game with friends where we list our top 5 favourite things. Olive oil, ocean, sunshine are some things that bring me joy. I wanted a happy, light-hearted song.” - Bonniesongs  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a good taster for the album, with heavy thrums of detuned guitars entwined with layers of angelic airy vocals, \u003cem\u003eStrangest Feeling \u003c\/em\u003eis a masterclass in balancing sound and silence, reminding us that music, at its core, is simple vibration moving through air. Bonniesongs makes music that is both mellow and hazy and driven and edgy, traversing art-folk, psychedelia, dream-pop and grunge. She could also be compared to art-rock and alternative artists such as PJ Harvey, Feist and Grouper for her music’s raw, hypnotic qualities, although Bonniesongs’ style sits more in a ‘ethereal grunge’ category of its own, one she’s been carving out since her 2019’s debut album Energetic Mind (Small Pond\/Art As Catharsis).  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce described by artist Fink, who championed Bonniesongs heavily on his KCRW radio show and toured Australia with her early this year as having “a deceptively hard edged soft-core.” The album’s ‘love songs’ come in the form of art-rock pop ballad and album opener Dragon, the grungy psych-folk of Whipping Bird and the dreamy indie-rock of title track \u003cem\u003eStrangest Feeling\u003c\/em\u003e (a semi-finalist within two categories in the International Songwriting Competition), collectively exploring relationships with others and oneself.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe haunting layers of vocals, whistles and strings of Take Off offer the album’s most emotive song however, with Bonniesongs taking the listener on an emotional journey exploring connection to place and home, capturing the unrest of missing home when you move country. As with a few tracks on the album, the unsettling times of the pandemic lace the songs with the strange otherworldliness of that time. On Strangest Feeling Bonniesongs tackles the most visceral of life experiences, with all their sharp edges, then wraps them in a sensory, expansive cloud of dream-like glaze. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Impressed","offers":[{"title":"LP - Clear","offer_id":53073434640715,"sku":"R9838-4434","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/click_fd7400e5-ca5b-44c6-a864-ed44e24e6254.jpg?v=1753972006"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/bonniesongs.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}