SPILL MUSIC PREMIERE: ACHINGS – “UNDOING HOME”

ACHINGS – “UNDOING HOME”

A SPILL EXCLUSIVE MUSIC PREMIERE

Achings formed in the fall of 2018, almost by sheer accident. Singer-songwriter Rebecca Joy, having just started maternity leave, happened to overhear one of guitarist Justin Myer’s guitar tracks. The synchronicity was instantaneous: “I immediately knew how the song should go- I heard it with total clarity, and wrote the accompanying melodies and lyrics on the spot, and Justin was thrilled with the results; we both were.” That song was “Abdication, Planet Earth”.

One week later, Rebecca’s daughter was born, and over the course of her leave, Achings began to take shape, and an EP soon followed. While the EP largely tackles the specific life transition of becoming a parent in an increasingly uncertain and tumultuous time, the upcoming full length, All These Shapes, All These Days, broadens its scope, grappling with the various types and tones of connections past and present, and their indelible impact on our sense of self and place in the world.

ARTIST QUOTE

“Undoing Home questions what it means to be young, dependent, and on a search for safety. What does it mean to be in the impossible position of needing to leave home- which is meant to provide safety, but is in and of itself a threat- for the outside world, which may be even more dangerous? It’s a song for the disenfranchised, the brave, and the fundamentally unmoored. It is an outcry for shelter from all that is threatening; a prayer for asylum.” ~Rebecca Joy

Achings
All These Shapes, All These Days
(Land and Colportage)
Release Date: July 14, 2023

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