Lia Kuri - Motherland

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: FOF246LP
Barcode: 4062548091496
Release Date: 25 Oct 2024
Genre: Alternative

Motherland is an electrified open letter to our dying planet. A gleaming beacon of urgent light saying, "Breathe. Keep going. Heal. Please." "I wrote the lyrics from the perspective of Mother Earth," says Lia, of her debut album, "but it's as much an album about the climate crisis as it is about motherhood and the maternalization I've experienced in my life." Having released a past solo EP in 2019, Motherland remains Lia's first full-length offering. A longform listen of both heartbreak and help and healing. Seeing debilitation in its many forms and making art amidst the continued struggle.

Her heavy lyrical content swirls through synth flutters and hard-hitting drums, making for a captivating contrast. Dystopian and dreamy. Ambient layers and atmospheric backdrops with piano ballads, downtempo electronica, and drum and bass. The influences of James Blake and Frou Frou ooze through these tracks. Think Låpsley, FKA Twigs, Kllo, Caroline Polachek. With a bachelor's degree in environmental science, with parents as nature lovers, and with a couple of Earth Day posters in her childhood bedroom, the environment has been a life-long focus for Lia. How fitting that listening to this album feels like watching a garden grow. A field becoming a forest. Removing a sword wrapped in vines in order to help heal the planet. Somber, reflective, strong, empowering. The disappointment in the decline of climate is contrasted with an urgency and a determination and a message of sincerity."

More than just a strong message, Lia is routing 10% of her artist revenue to rewilding organizations (one for Canadian wildlife and one for the Amazonian rainforest). "I'm trying to create a model for other artists to use their art to benefit causes they care about."

TRACKLIST:
A1 SINGLE DIGIT STORY
A2 LOON MOON
A3 POLTERGEIST
A4 HIGHLAND
A5 WEAK
B1 ENERGY
B2 CYCLONE
B3 CHAGRIN
B4 THISTLEDOWN
B5 MOTHERLAND