''In Tongues'' is the debut solo album from former
Killing Heidi
Killing Heidi are an Australian rock band, formed in Violet Town, Victoria in 1996, initially as a folk-pop duo by siblings Ella and Jesse Hooper. The band has released three studio albums: '' Reflector'' (March 2000), which reached No. 1 ...
and
The Verses
The Verses is an Australian band that features the brother and sister combination of Ella and Jesse Hooper, the founding members of popular Australian rock band, Killing Heidi. Their debut album ''Seasons'' was released on Friday, 13 August 201 ...
singer,
Ella Hooper
Ella Keighery Hooper (born 30 January 1983) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, radio presenter and TV personality. Hooper is the lead singer of Killing Heidi. The band formed in 1996 (when Ella was 13) and also featured her older bro ...
. The album was delayed multiple times throughout 2013 and 2014 and eventually released via
PledgeMusic
PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009. It was started to facilitate musicians looking to pre-sell, market, and distribute projects; such as recordings and concerts. It bore similarities to other artist p ...
on 20 November 2014.
Background and recording
;Taken from official pledge page
Ella Hooper Pledgemusic. Retrieved 2014-12-25
"...It was a quietly confronting and emotionally charged decision to take a break from working with my brother Jess, as I’ve collaborated with him on 99% of my musical adventures since I was a child. Working with him was really the only job/passion/pattern I’d known since I was 13.
...With blocks shifting and longing lifting me into a creative space again, I wrote nightly, furiously, on my beaten up parlour guitar and sang constantly into my IPhone as I walked down the street, garnering a few weird looks along the way I’m sure.
...Jan (Skubiszewski) and I had known each other for years, moved in the same circles and always talked about working together, ‘one day’. In an insanely fruitful (and free, thanks Jan..) trial day we turned one of my acoustic ballads into a synth heavy, programmed drum backed, slightly Twin Peaks flavoured moody-pop piece, and I knew I’d found the right key collaborator for In Tongues. I began travelling daily to Jan’s little but light filled top of shop loft on Smith St (Melbourne). Close enough to N.Lee bakery to get fed, close enough to the Union to get watered"
PledgeMusic
The album was released through
PledgeMusic
PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, launched in August 2009. It was started to facilitate musicians looking to pre-sell, market, and distribute projects; such as recordings and concerts. It bore similarities to other artist p ...
, and eight 7 items were put up for sale. Other items for sale included a physical CD copy of the album, a tea towel hemmed by Ella's grandmother, tote bag, T-shirt, Handmade T-shirts and a Vinyl copy of the album
Ella Hooper Exclusives. Retrieved 2014-12-25
Track listing
Charts
References
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2014 debut albums