Zoongide’ewin Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/zoongideewin/ New and independent music Thu, 07 May 2026 19:39:44 +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 Zoongide’ewin Archives - Various Small Flames https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/tag/zoongideewin/ 32 32 88787050 Zoon – I Was Younger https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2026/05/07/zoon-i-was-younger/ https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/2026/05/07/zoon-i-was-younger/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 19:39:44 +0000 https://varioussmallflames.co.uk/?p=48322 Next month, celebrated songwriter, composer, activist and artist Zoon (Zoongide’ewin) will release Happy Thought School, a brand new full-length with Paper Bag Records which looks to build upon the vivid sounds and confronting themes of 2023 album Bekka Ma’iingan. “The Polaris Prize-shortlisted musician draws as much from traditional First Nations music as they do contemporary indie rock,” we wrote in a preview back in April, “and in doing so explores themes both national and intensely personal.” As with its predecessor, there […]

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]]> Next month, celebrated songwriter, composer, activist and artist Zoon (Zoongide’ewin) will release Happy Thought School, a brand new full-length with Paper Bag Records which looks to build upon the vivid sounds and confronting themes of 2023 album Bekka Ma’iingan. “The Polaris Prize-shortlisted musician draws as much from traditional First Nations music as they do contemporary indie rock,” we wrote in a preview back in April, “and in doing so explores themes both national and intensely personal.” As with its predecessor, there might not be an easy answer at the end of the Happy Thought School, indeed the fact that things remain unresolved might be a central facet of the project as a whole. But if Zoon has communicated anything with their releases to date, it is that the only way to reckon with difficult histories is to delve into them regardless of whether answers might be salavged from the wreck.

After first single ‘One Too Many Nights’ explored the loss of identity that so often accompanies the end of a relationship, Zoon has returned with ‘I Was Younger’ to dig further into such ideas. “And I know that you’re going / Leave it all in the mourning,” the opening verse states. “And I said that you’re falling / Falling backwards in the mourning.” But for all of the undeniable turmoil and drama of these lines, they are delivered amid, or rather through, a light, shimmering soundscape, Chris Chu of indie-band The Morning Benders lending their talents to help craft warm washes of textured, lo-fi pop. As Zoon puts it: “I wanted heartbreak to feel soft around the edges.”

And I know that you’re perfect
Coming down from
When you found me
Wait around until we say something real
Something real

 

Happy Thought School comes out on 19th June via Paper Bag Records and you can pre-order it now from the Zoon Bandcamp page.

vinyl artwork for Happy Thought School by Zoon

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