Awake Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/awake/ New and independent music Tue, 04 Oct 2016 14:23:33 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/varioussmallflames.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-finalwhite-e1490809629909-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Awake Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/awake/ 32 32 88787050 Video Premiere: Tiny Dinosaurs – Sit and Stare https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/10/04/video-premiere-tiny-dinosaurs-sit-stare/ Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:58:39 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=10725 We introduced you to Awake, the new EP from Julie Jay’s Tiny Dinosaurs last month with lead single, ‘Shut Out The Light’. Featuring Peter Silberman of The Antlers, the track was the perfect encapsulation of the release’s origin story, with most of the tracks being written right after Jay emerged from a coma. As we described: “[The song] blends folk and dream pop to conjure a sense of isolation and remoteness… Jay’s voice emerg[ing] as the clear centre point… as though she’s […]

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]]> We introduced you to Awake, the new EP from Julie Jay’s Tiny Dinosaurs last month with lead single, ‘Shut Out The Light’. Featuring Peter Silberman of The Antlers, the track was the perfect encapsulation of the release’s origin story, with most of the tracks being written right after Jay emerged from a coma. As we described:

“[The song] blends folk and dream pop to conjure a sense of isolation and remoteness… Jay’s voice emerg[ing] as the clear centre point… as though she’s calling from within a dream”

Now we have another song from Awake and it’s clear that the entire release will maintain the same focus and quality. ‘Sit and Stare’ is less a dream, more the long, slow days in between, spans of time with nothing to do but dwell on the past and the future and what might have been. Directed by Jay herself, and starring Weston Verdegaal, the video follows a dejected protagonist on such a day, a character so caught up in some past figure or event that he’s blind to the present.

Awake is being released on the 21st October and you can pre-order it now from the Tiny Dinosaurs website.

Photograph by Morghan Verdegaal

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]]> 10725 Tiny Dinosaurs announce EP, Awake, with new single ‘Shut Out The Light’ https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2016/09/08/tiny-dinosaurs-awake-shut-out-light/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:37:18 +0000 http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/?p=10461 Tiny Dinosaurs is the recording project of LA resident, Julie Jay. Her latest EP, Awake, was born in a hospital bed after a complicated surgery put her into a coma and without voice for six months. Despite not even being sure if she’d be able to speak as before, the first thing Jay asked her sister for upon waking was her guitar and got to writing songs at the hospital. The results, mixed by producer/engineer James Frazee, form a five-song release.The EP […]

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]]> Tiny Dinosaurs is the recording project of LA resident, Julie Jay. Her latest EP, Awake, was born in a hospital bed after a complicated surgery put her into a coma and without voice for six months. Despite not even being sure if she’d be able to speak as before, the first thing Jay asked her sister for upon waking was her guitar and got to writing songs at the hospital. The results, mixed by producer/engineer James Frazee, form a five-song release.tiny dinosaurs awake artworkThe EP will be out later this year but in the meantime we have the first single, ‘Shut Out The Light’, to whet our appetites. The song is an atmospheric one, blending folk and dream pop to conjure a sense of isolation and remoteness. Jay’s voice emerges as the clear centre point, the rest of the elements shifting and blurred, as though she’s calling from within a dream. These vocals are complemented by light electronics which float and flutter, the deep baseline lurking in the background as though threatening to push forwards. As the track progresses Jay is joined by Peter Silberman of The Antlers, his recognisable voice echoing behind her own and adding to the strength and confidence in her voice.

Awake is set for release on the 21st October and you can pre-order it now.

Photography by Morghan Verdegaal, artwork by Clotilde Drivet

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