Matrescence Vinyl
Features: 11 original songs
Format: Vinyl
Album Artwork: Annabel Warne
This album is a big open-hearted story of what it means to be a woman, to battle with identity, to move into motherhood, to overcome birth trauma and how this transition through matrescence changes and alters us. Inspired by her own experiences and the stories from the incredible women she is privileged to know, Claire’s songwriting moves from stripped-back acoustic folk to songs with driving beats and addictive melodic hooks, including a love song to her kids and an exploration of mothering as a creative.
Pared back production by collaborator and producer Ezekiel Fenn allows the concise melodies and Claire’s warm, emotive vocals to take centre stage. Acoustic instrumentation makes up the body of the work, as well as cameos from Claire’s daughter on her latest single Free, which is about re-discovering our fire and bringing down the patriarchy. The downtempo Self is stripped back with just guitar, drums and bass, and discusses overcoming birth trauma and post natal depression. The roomy Lullaby feels like you’re sitting next to Claire by the piano featuring recordings from her original voice memos, whilst the uptempo and breezy All Kinds of Lovely sees her sing a duet with her own manipulated voice, reminiscent of Feist, Holly Throsby and Lucy Rose.
Of the album Claire says,
“The songs for this album poured out of me when I finally gave myself permission to be still and figure out what I wanted to do and who I was beyond fulfilling all the roles women are expected to be: mother/wife/daughter/friend/sister/colleague. The title of this album Matrescence means our transition to motherhood. When a baby is born so is a mother. Equivalent both physically and psychologically to adolescence with all its awkward hormones, gigantic identity shifts and general life upheaval. There is so much that we’re only beginning to understand about what actually happens to women when they become mothers – both incredibly wonderful and undeniably difficult, complex and sometimes traumatic. There was a lot that happened to me. This album is my way of trying to understand all of it.”
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Fear to Feel
2. Hearts
3. Thread
4. Pints
5. All Kinds of Lovely
6. Cold
Side B:
7. Self
8. Lullaby
9. Dancing Til Three
10. Free
11. This Mother Thing
Features: 11 original songs
Format: Vinyl
Album Artwork: Annabel Warne
This album is a big open-hearted story of what it means to be a woman, to battle with identity, to move into motherhood, to overcome birth trauma and how this transition through matrescence changes and alters us. Inspired by her own experiences and the stories from the incredible women she is privileged to know, Claire’s songwriting moves from stripped-back acoustic folk to songs with driving beats and addictive melodic hooks, including a love song to her kids and an exploration of mothering as a creative.
Pared back production by collaborator and producer Ezekiel Fenn allows the concise melodies and Claire’s warm, emotive vocals to take centre stage. Acoustic instrumentation makes up the body of the work, as well as cameos from Claire’s daughter on her latest single Free, which is about re-discovering our fire and bringing down the patriarchy. The downtempo Self is stripped back with just guitar, drums and bass, and discusses overcoming birth trauma and post natal depression. The roomy Lullaby feels like you’re sitting next to Claire by the piano featuring recordings from her original voice memos, whilst the uptempo and breezy All Kinds of Lovely sees her sing a duet with her own manipulated voice, reminiscent of Feist, Holly Throsby and Lucy Rose.
Of the album Claire says,
“The songs for this album poured out of me when I finally gave myself permission to be still and figure out what I wanted to do and who I was beyond fulfilling all the roles women are expected to be: mother/wife/daughter/friend/sister/colleague. The title of this album Matrescence means our transition to motherhood. When a baby is born so is a mother. Equivalent both physically and psychologically to adolescence with all its awkward hormones, gigantic identity shifts and general life upheaval. There is so much that we’re only beginning to understand about what actually happens to women when they become mothers – both incredibly wonderful and undeniably difficult, complex and sometimes traumatic. There was a lot that happened to me. This album is my way of trying to understand all of it.”
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Fear to Feel
2. Hearts
3. Thread
4. Pints
5. All Kinds of Lovely
6. Cold
Side B:
7. Self
8. Lullaby
9. Dancing Til Three
10. Free
11. This Mother Thing
Features: 11 original songs
Format: Vinyl
Album Artwork: Annabel Warne
This album is a big open-hearted story of what it means to be a woman, to battle with identity, to move into motherhood, to overcome birth trauma and how this transition through matrescence changes and alters us. Inspired by her own experiences and the stories from the incredible women she is privileged to know, Claire’s songwriting moves from stripped-back acoustic folk to songs with driving beats and addictive melodic hooks, including a love song to her kids and an exploration of mothering as a creative.
Pared back production by collaborator and producer Ezekiel Fenn allows the concise melodies and Claire’s warm, emotive vocals to take centre stage. Acoustic instrumentation makes up the body of the work, as well as cameos from Claire’s daughter on her latest single Free, which is about re-discovering our fire and bringing down the patriarchy. The downtempo Self is stripped back with just guitar, drums and bass, and discusses overcoming birth trauma and post natal depression. The roomy Lullaby feels like you’re sitting next to Claire by the piano featuring recordings from her original voice memos, whilst the uptempo and breezy All Kinds of Lovely sees her sing a duet with her own manipulated voice, reminiscent of Feist, Holly Throsby and Lucy Rose.
Of the album Claire says,
“The songs for this album poured out of me when I finally gave myself permission to be still and figure out what I wanted to do and who I was beyond fulfilling all the roles women are expected to be: mother/wife/daughter/friend/sister/colleague. The title of this album Matrescence means our transition to motherhood. When a baby is born so is a mother. Equivalent both physically and psychologically to adolescence with all its awkward hormones, gigantic identity shifts and general life upheaval. There is so much that we’re only beginning to understand about what actually happens to women when they become mothers – both incredibly wonderful and undeniably difficult, complex and sometimes traumatic. There was a lot that happened to me. This album is my way of trying to understand all of it.”
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Fear to Feel
2. Hearts
3. Thread
4. Pints
5. All Kinds of Lovely
6. Cold
Side B:
7. Self
8. Lullaby
9. Dancing Til Three
10. Free
11. This Mother Thing