As the sun sets on a massively successful live set at Glastonbury and sold-out dates across Ireland and in London, Fanny Lumsden has shared another snapshot of her fourth studio album Hey Dawn (Cooking Vinyl Australia), via new song Ugly Flowers (out today).
Fanny explains, “Ugly Flowers is a call to the stories we were told and those we told ourselves and how they change and warp over time. We were built on these memories, regardless of how unglamourous they seemed in the moment. You get to a point where you almost do anything just to drop back to those moments of the endless long days soaked in future and in freedom. Freedom to have a strong opinion about a flower based on its association with your at-the-time assumed boring, rural (dare I say actual Small Town) life. Then you get a little older and realise those are the very same ugly flowers that now when you smell, alongside wet hot cement in the summer, set you free. If just for a nostalgic moment. Families grow, change, people die, people are born, but the ugly flowers live on, thriving against a wall in the baking western NSW sun, passing down our secrets to the next generation.
“In real time its directly about my family and how as we get older our families or the families we build for ourselves are really all that matter.”
Lumsden has just played a triumphant UK debut alongside her band, the Prawn Stars, at Glastonbury Festival, headlined three shows in Ireland, and is set to play a sold-out show in London tomorrow night.
On playing Glastonbury’s Field of Avalon Stage, Lumsden said of the festival and performance: “I cannot believe that our first ever gig in the UK was to a full Avalon Stage at Glastonbury. The Audience was so amazing and sang along and did all the designated dance moves and brought a lot of joy – it was an incredible experience. It was exciting to share our songs and stories all the way from Australia, with a beautiful audience!”
Returning to Australian shores, the release of Hey Dawn will be accompanied by a national tour with Fanny and her band The Prawn Stars, kicking off on July 28 in Bendigo and working along the East Coast.
Ahead of album release, Fanny has devised the most amazing opportunity for fans – the Golden Fanny Ticket! Hidden inside one Hey Dawn CD and one Hey Dawn vinyl is the ticket that will give the lucky winners a lifetime pass to any and all Fanny Lumsden headline shows – imagine never having to pay for a Fanny Lumsden gig again! To be in the running, fans just order Hey Dawn on vinyl or CD from Fanny’s website, to be the lucky recipient! See here for more.
