Littlefair Go Track-By-Track On Debut EP 'Forever Is A Long Time'
Littlefair's Jessica Depiazzi takes The Music through the group's debut EP, 'Forever Is A Long Time,' track-by-track.
Littlefair (Credit: Partografia Photography & Film)
Littlefair's debut EP, Forever Is A Long Time, is out now and promises a camaraderie of passion and unforgettable energy.
The Western Australian indie-folk outfit, led by singer Jessica Depiazzi, takes The Music through the EP track-by-track, with a special spotlight on lead single Prescription.
Happy
This is the first track I ever wrote with the intention of playing it in a band, before Littlefair was properly formed. Since then, we’ve moved from acoustic folk to rock with folk stylings, and it’s moved with us. I love listening back to all the different iterations it’s come through! It makes the fact that we took a few years to record it properly feel right- I think it wouldn’t have been anywhere near as cool if we hadn’t waited.
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Jacket
I love this track! It’s so much fun to dance to. More than the others, Jacket grew in stages. It was created by Mary [Depiazzi] and I in my living room one night, by Frankenstein-ing two half-formed songs together. The Littlefair sparkle (four-part harmonies) was added in rehearsal with the others a few weeks later. And THEN about two weeks before recording, Gareth [Peach] decided something was missing and we rewrote the structure and added in a few parts to make the last few choruses feel huge! Luckily, we had a few days’ rehearsal before recording with Lee to lock it in.
Something To Miss
I think I wrote this one in about half an hour. It came out in one go, fully formed (kinda the opposite of Happy in that way). I played it for the others at a band dinner, and everything instrumentation-wise fell into place really naturally. Bonus fun fact from Kira [Depiazzi]: “I improvise the violin melody in this song every time we play it. I tried three takes in recording, and they were all different.”
Take Me Down
Jaik [Rushan] brought this one to rehearsal. We added the harmonies to make it feel more Littlefair, and since I’d just been gifted a harmonica and wanted to try it out, we threw that in as well. Sorry, Lee [Buddle, producer], for making you record an amateur harmonica player (don’t ask me how many takes that took)! Even though it’s a lot of fun, the meaning is a bit more introspective.
Jaik says - "The song came out of thinking a little too much about the last conversations you have with people who aren't around anymore. I was listening to an excessive amount of Townes Van Zandt at the time, which definitely influenced decisions.”
Prescription
The most serious track on the album, I remember exactly where I was while writing it. Picture this: you’re in a sharehouse, alone on a couch in the living room, the white noise of rain against the window behind you influencing your picking patterns.
I was worried about a friend in a bad relationship situation at the time, and felt a bit helpless watching from the sidelines. The lyrics are my way of exploring that feeling, and letting them know that I’m here when they need me.
The lead vocal track on this is actually the very first one I sang for the guide track while recording, and it’s a one-take recording, except for the outro. It was never intended to be the final vocal, but I loved the softness and emotion it captured so much that we kept it.
Forever Is A Long Time is out now. You can pre-save the EP here.
LITTLEFAIR EP LAUNCH
Forever Is A Long Time
18 May - Lyric's Underground, Maylands
Tickets: Oztix
This piece of content has been assisted by the Australian Government through Music Australia and Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body
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