{"product_id":"195081788036","title":"Helena Deland - Someone New - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelena Deland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Canadian musician who settled in Montreal to pursue recording as a singer\/songwriter with a distinctly artful approach, Helena Deland drew the interest of Luminelle Recordings (Fat Possum\/House Arrest) with her early EPs. Her full-length debut, Someone New, expands on the intimate, exploratory sounds of her earlier work, taking the form of a 13-song set with subtly shifting sounds and structures. Opener Someone New introduces Delands gentle, youthful voice and distracted demeanor, at first over a drone that eventually falls on- and off-pitch. Just before the one-minute mark, the song picks up keys, a rhythmic guitar pattern, and muffled drums to establish a tempo, while Delands surrealistic ruminations continue (If things go my way\/Ill stay in this room\/Where tonight I want to lay\/Kissing someone new\/With a familiar face\/ I cant replace). The song settles into something outright catchy, though the occasional unexpected chord progression and details like disappearing bass keep things off-kilter. Later, the more-insistent Dog incorporates hip-hop beats and distortion, while Comfort, Edge adopts a sultry, R\u0026amp;B-indebted strategy. The latter also plays liberally with the edit and mix, including alternate vocal takes and various understated instrumental interjections. More-experimental tracks include the serpentine Fruit Pie and minimalist Smoking at the Gas Station (I need to get out of the house today\/To try my face out on strangers), as well as the strings-and-guitar instrumental The Walk Home. The album closes with the hushed Fill the Rooms (with music), a track with eerie multi-tracked vocals and harp-like arpeggiated guitar. Throughout Someone New, on top of its hypnotic mix of the strange and familiar, Delands vulnerable voice helps make her self-conscious, searching commentaries all the more engrossing. ~ Marcy Donelson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Someone New\u003cbr\u003e2.Truth Nugget\u003cbr\u003e3.Dog\u003cbr\u003e4.Fruit Pit\u003cbr\u003e5.Pale\u003cbr\u003e6.Comfort, Edge\u003cbr\u003e7.The Walk Home\u003cbr\u003e8.Seven Hours\u003cbr\u003e9.Smoking at the Gas Station\u003cbr\u003e10.Lylz\u003cbr\u003e11.Mid-Practice\u003cbr\u003e12.Clown Neutral\u003cbr\u003e13.Fill the Rooms\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luminelle Recordings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47526824902945,"sku":"195081788036","price":29.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/195081788036.jpg?v=1700927476","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/en-ca\/products\/195081788036","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}