A few weeks ago we wrote about the music of Asheville‘s Wild Array, an indie folk outfit led by the songwriter Sophia Corinne. Describing ‘Hominy Creek’ from debut record That Night, we spoke of how they balanced brightness and sorrow within their vivid sound. “The aching sadness of missing someone,” we wrote. “The silence of distance and space […] Something which captures the fondness of memories—the melancholic joy of that which is no longer present.”
In addition to her work with Wild Array, Sophia Corinne also records solo music under her own name, and this autumn sees the release of her debut EP, The Rim. Sharing the same spirit described above, Corinne uses the project to further delve into the nuances and contradictions of life. Spaces where compassion and discomfort are allowed to exist side by side so as to allow a more complete picture to emerge. Confessional songs often crafted from the edge (the rim) of important events, be they shaped by trauma, loss or love.
We’re delighted to share the EP’s lead single ‘Canadian Goose’ by way of introduction. Centred on a move to a new home, the track captures the bittersweet nature of Sophia Corinne’s style. Where the anxieties of new beginnings and loss of old connections are tempered by a persistent sense of hope. All delivered in a tender-hearted manner, one capable of holding all of these emotions at once and never favouring one.
The result is a kind of pact. A promise to sit with emotions and implications of every situation with generosity intact. “I can recall the big and the small gestures of kindness,” goes a verse halfway through the track. “The people who shared all they could they all cared for me even in my blindness / I guess that’s a gift that can’t be revoked by the arrows of new destinations / I’m sure I’ll return it in time wind my way back like birds fly with navigation.”
The Rim is out on the 5th November and you can pre-order it now from the Sophia Corinne Bandcamp page.
Photos by Ariana Dixon