Gia Margaret – Singing (Vinyl)

Every artist has to discover their voice. Gia Margaret didnt find herself until she lost hers. With a vocal injury that kept her from singing for years, she developed other musical languages, mastering the grammar of an intricate, homey form of ambient music pioneered by Ernest Hood and perfected by The Books. Now, her physical voice healed and her artistic voice honed, she comes full circle with Singing, her first vocal album since 2018s Theres Always Glimmer. Led by soft piano lines that fall like breath on glass, the music on Singing evidences the same jewelers sensitivity to detail that she developed in her silence. There was a time when I really didnt know if I would sing again. So once I healed, there was a lot of internal pressure to come back strong, Margaret says. I didnt know who I was anymore. So it felt like beginning again, and reconnecting with these very old, old parts of myself.

The album was partially recorded in London withFrou Frous Guy Sigsworth, who helped Margaret unify the spree of ideas she had for Good Friend, an album highlight that includes Gregorian chant by IL and turntable scratches, among many other things. David Bazan and Amy Millan also make appearances, as do Kurt Vile and Sean Carey, while Margarets longtime collaborator Doug Saltzman plays on and co-produces much of the record. Deb Talan, previously of The Weepies, lends her voice, piano, and guitar to the album’s closingand definitivestatement, “E-Motion.”

TRACKLIST1. Everyone Around Me Dancing2. Cellular Reverse3. Alive Inside4. Moon Not Mine5. Rotten6. Rotten Outro7. Good Friend8. Phenomenon9. Ambient Peace10. Phone Screen11. Guitar Duo12. E-Motion