RACHAEL LAVELLE – Big Dreams (Repress) – LP – 180g Vinyl

Description

LP – Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl.IncludesRachael’s three previously released singles.

180g black heavyweight vinyl
Matte laminated outer sleeves
Printed inner sleeves with lyrics
Designed by Bureau Bonanza with Photo by Cit Fahey
Lacquer cut at Metropolis
Pressed by Vinyl Presents

Big Dreams is an existential, coming-of-age album that chronicles the journey of a young woman searching for direction and meaning in a very strange world.

Inspired by sounds of everyday life and an intriguing obsession with YouTube self-help videos, the album explores romance, directionlessness, ambition and the expectations of the unsatisfied digital native.

Floating in a world that is at once full of irony and honesty, Rachael examines the essential things: sleeping, eating, work and the search for love, reimagining them in a dream-like musical landscape of luscious synths, manipulated vocals, cinematic sound design, strings, woodwind and electronic beats.

A wry sense of humour peppered throughout is glued together by the iconic voice of Doireann N Bhriain, the voice of the Luas transport system in Dublin.

Recorded in various locations including an artists studio in Lisbon, the album is the result of years of experimentation and destruction. Written and produced by Lavelle, created alongside long time collaborator, multi-instrumentalist and co-producer Ryan Hargadon (moondiver, Anna Mieke, Kojaque) and engineer and co-producer Alex Borwick (Niamh Regan, Inni-K).

Big Dreams is an introspective journey that invites the listener to ask what it means to be alive in the 21st century.

Tracklist:

1. Travel Size
2. Let Me Unlock Your Full Potential
3. Soft Colour Palettes
4. Eat Clean
5. Gratitude
6. Perpetual Party
7. My Simple Pleasures
8. Night Train
9. Sleepy Gal
10. Big Dreams