Recorded in one sitting and written that morning,
Justin Gill’s “Truth In Silence,” arrives June 3rd.
RIYL: Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Blue Sky,” Beck’s “Guess I’m Doing Fine”
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Justin Gill
of Redvers as photographed by Sumi Saini
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Hear “Laughing
At Rainbows” by Redvers courtesy of The
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“Laughing At Rainbows” is the first
single from the upcoming Truth In Silence
by Redvers
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“I only had the morning to complete some crucial
lyrics, but they seemed to come quick and easy in an old Mission District diner
the morning of recording,” says Australian singer-songwriter Justin Gill of the last-minute moments that
led to the creation of Truth In Silence, his debut album as
Redvers, out June 3rd.
Listeners will hear Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Blue
Sky” and Beck’s “Guess I’m Doing Fine” as touchstones
in album opener “Dawn Interlude”
where Gill’s ethereal arrangements
envelope a charm and deep honesty seldom heard today. Fresh, raw, and without
armor, Gill presents his songwriting
as a soft hum that pacifies the soul and captures an essence unyielding.
To make Truth In Silence, Gill dreamed of recording in America,
and so landed in San Francisco in 2013 to track the album at Tiny Telephone.
“I was enraptured at the sense of freedom as I boarded
the plane,” he remembers. “I was off to
capture a special moment in time. It felt fortuitous that the first song I
heard on the flight was Jefferson
Airplane’s ‘White Rabbit,’ a
track I’ve loved a million times.” Truth
In Silence was produced by Ian
Pellicci (Deerhoof, John Vanderslice, James Jackson Toth) who captured the entire album in a single day,
including its first single “Laughing At
Rainbows.”
“I happened to walk past a church,” Gill says of the song. “There was a
sign out front that said ‘God puts rainbows in the sky’ -- I was rather
intrigued by the statement.” Gill
remembers that the tune’s music was written during a heavy rainstorm, so heavy
in fact, that the sound of the downpour made it onto the demo recording.
“When I listened back it sounded beautiful, so I
decided that rain had to be put on the track,” he explains. “I know that rain
sound effects have been done to death, but I felt I had to remain faithful to
that initial meeting with the song.”
As for the actual title, Gill says “I don’t remember actually writing the lyric ‘laughing at
rainbows,’ but maybe I subconsciously ripped off Buddha, who said ‘When you
realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at
the sky.’
Truth In Silence by Redvers arrives on June 3rd, 2014. Justin
Gill is available for interviews.
Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.
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Redvers
Truth In
Silence
(S/R, June 3,
2014)
01. Dawn
Interlude
02. Impression
03. Homeless
04. (Reprise)
05. Cycle Of
Welcome
07. Golden
Anguish
08. Violence,
Windows And The Moon
09. Time
Dilation
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Redvers Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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