Amory Jun by Ohara
Hello there. : )
I'm so glad to give this little album to you, at last.
I had written it in the winter of 2014 and recorded the instruments in the spring of 2015, the vocals the next year, completing it with mastering in 2017. I always wanted to release it in the Spring but I had to wait for the right one. So, here we are, it is spring again and the flowers are coming up and the rains are gently falling - like how I intended this album to sound like. You can hear some of the thunderstorm and rain caught into the recording the day we recorded it in the living room of my apartment, you can hear the children playing in the street outside after the sun came out, and you can hear the tiny typewriter sounds of the footsteps of my little dog, too. All during one rainy spring day in Montreal.
I thank my sweet brothers: Luke Loseth, Justin Wright, Gregory Burton, and Evan Tighe for coming together, supporting, cheering, loving, and helping me create this. I find this album is not just mine, but made with and for my community, and I hope any part of it brings you any amount of tenderness.
Amory + Jun were names I wanted to give to the children I didn't have then, so I named this album Amory Jun with that love I had instead, named and found an aspect of myself Amory Jun too. "Orion's Belt" is the celebration song I made for them. For all children. For us. :)
Each song sits more like a thought or a question. Some a reflection of the heart, some of the mystery of life/death; of living, of love.
Thank you for listening and being here.
I wish you well, I wish you love, and I wish you all the happiness.
<3 Ohara
Tracklist
| 1. | Amory Jun | 2:06 |
| 2. | Closer | 4:00 |
| 3. | Skipping Stone | 4:52 |
| 4. | Tapestry | 2:51 |
| 5. | Bones | 3:30 |
| 6. | Orion's Belt | 2:21 |
| 7. | There You Are | 5:30 |
Credits
Music, words, vocals, guitar, clarinet by Ohara Hale
Cello by Justin Wright
Cello Arrangement by Justin Wright and Luke Loseth
Vocal Engineering/Recording by Gregory Burton
Mixing by Luke Loseth + Gregory Burton
Mastering by Evan Tighe
Produced by Luke Loseth + Ohara Hale
Album artwork by Tallulah Fontaine
Music Videos by Christopher Honeywell
Special thanks to Mimi and her Momma for helping me bring this to life ♥︎
License
All rights reserved.
Ohara’s music has the beauty of a paradox: it’s both slow and upbeat, both vulnerable and resilient, both gentle and assertive – her vocals float out into the room with a tender clarity. Alone or accompanied by friends, Ohara Hale reveals the more tender and thoughtful aspects of her body of life-art-work. It’s a poem, a song, a leaf, a cloud. It is something you can hold, something you can have.