I wrote about Fiona Sally Miller earlier this past summer. I was struck by the beauty of what seemed to be her debut EP. At the time I didn’t really appreciate the artistry of her music though. With her new ep out now I see that Fiona is more than just another pretty voice. Fiona has just released a new EP which she recorded, produced, and performed by herself. It’s a conceptual record called The Whale’s Love Life that in lieu of synthesizers, uses found sounds and hydrophone recordings that Fiona made to flesh out the songs. Thematically the songs seem loosely based on the theme of deep sea adventures and “the worlds found beneath the tide, and the riverbed floor, the motion of a wind turbine, the depths of a swimming pool and underneath the covers.”
I’ve linked to the song “I Wade Out” which seems to use the image of wading out into water as a metaphor for trepidation here on land with our everyday lives. Fiona Sally Miller’s new EP is available via Bandcamp here or can be found on iTunes. I highly recommend it.
